tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774688605369751367.post4598939371366329874..comments2024-02-26T00:19:32.692-08:00Comments on Conrad: Fryman Canyon LA David Conradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03462503019359418324noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774688605369751367.post-84520993787253074622015-07-28T05:59:59.109-07:002015-07-28T05:59:59.109-07:00an Australian shepherd, this seems to be the kind ...an Australian shepherd, this seems to be the kind of beautiful dog you've seen... <br /><br />Really liked this part: <br />"California flora when it bakes in the sun for weeks and months has a kind of intoxicating tang. It's neither sweet nor acrid, it's a little of both. Some eucalyptus oil poured over cooked desert flowers and the rich bark of live oaks. The air warmed with this atomized duff.<br /> And because there's so little water, scent is reduced to what it actually is - an inhalant, particles of things, living and dead, coating the lining of your mouth and your nose. Which all seems a little creepy, but California's creepy. It's an absurdly beautiful and absurdly cruel landscape. It's attractive and dangerous. It's rich beyond measure and dumbfoundingly wasteful. And you read all this in a glance."<br /><br />Very nice! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774688605369751367.post-40620016707947201882015-07-20T17:13:38.499-07:002015-07-20T17:13:38.499-07:00great post, david! now i've got to check out f...great post, david! now i've got to check out fryman canyon! i hung out one weekend in coldwater canyon with my stunt woman friend who was housesitting "an industry person's" lovely digs. the hollywood hills are amazing and it's great if you have some "insider" info on the coolest hiking spots. not sure i'd be able to find your special box canyon without getting arrested for trespassing, though i probably look like i belong there. for many years i was mistaken for debra winger. LOL! <br /><br />but you are right! california does have a lot of little pockets of paradise – green and brown. among them is massacre canyon, where the natives harvested chia seeds. i have yet to find a hiking mate to check this place out! http://s80.photobucket.com/user/dblin/media/Hemet_News_Massacre_Canyon_Waterfal.jpg.html<br /><br />(also, much of gilman springs road is owned by the church of scientology. their "gold base" is nestled in them thar hills. you can see the terrain a little in this gossip piece: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168482/Snipers-razor-wire-prison-cells--inside-secret-Scientology-HQ-Katie-fear-Suri.html).<br /><br />then there's nearby idyllwild, which climbs up the san jacintos, then spills into the wild coachella valley where glamorous palm springs, et. al. sit baking in the sun most days of the year. from mountains to desert in less than a day. mystical joshua tree national park is also nearby in a neighboring valley.<br /><br />what would we do without these green get-aways? or the brown ones? like death valley national park. (i did a full moon hike in one of death valley's canyons and it was still 100ºF at midnight! bleh! even naked it was too much!) right now many of this area's wilderness trails are closed due to fire danger.<br /><br />also, i can totally relate to getting a little perturbed at having your reverie interrupted when you think you're the only one out there. all of us solitude seekers are guilty of it, i suppose. at the end of the day, "joe namath" with his cool dog probably "forgave" your "intrusion". LOL! <br /><br />p.s. tehachapi is a beautiful little town and its mountains beautiful. unfortunately most of that land is privately owned. ranchers. a lot of people hate the wind turbines, but, sheesh, seriously? at the base of the tehachapi's is mojave, where it's so windy that the trees are forever bent sideways.<br /><br />happy trail and safe journeys, david.Kimmie Rae Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06822493600641832481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774688605369751367.post-15562035950157031552015-07-19T09:44:28.033-07:002015-07-19T09:44:28.033-07:00Oh David... You are such a wonderful and lovely gu...Oh David... You are such a wonderful and lovely guy and I really like your posts on this Blog. I hope I meet you some day. Lovely greetings from Germany... Daniela Möllerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14499388540601961527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774688605369751367.post-70906541321204398812015-07-17T08:06:02.347-07:002015-07-17T08:06:02.347-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.dsseclecticnaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774911737537252018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774688605369751367.post-8645020380519507672015-07-16T21:44:19.032-07:002015-07-16T21:44:19.032-07:00If i wrote this:
"I took a walk. I saw a guy ...If i wrote this:<br />"I took a walk. I saw a guy with a dog. I said hi. He said hi. Then we both turned around and went home."<br /><br />Your story is much more interesting.<br /><br />...now i am trying to guess the actor.Meighanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134867802056284538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774688605369751367.post-18999895886655253612015-07-16T20:37:22.668-07:002015-07-16T20:37:22.668-07:00Hi Dave. I discovered your blog last week, and I’v...Hi Dave. I discovered your blog last week, and I’ve been reading backward a few posts each day. I especially enjoyed your posts on Ireland. Sure, an’ it’s a lovely wee island. One I’d love to revisit sometime in the future. <br /><br />I have debated for days whether or not to comment since I’m just a peasant commoner, and you’re a famous person. ☺ I know I’m a complete stranger to you, and you had asked that your friends comment on your writing, but I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to encourage a fellow writer. While I don’t think you need encouragement, you seem very secure in your talent, I still wanted to let you know what your blog has done for me. First of all, it has motivated me to start blogging again. Thanks. ☺ <br /><br />I like your style. It’s down to earth, conversational, and I can almost hear your physical voice coming off the page. If I had to sum up your writing in three words they would be the following: Entertaining. Raw. Fluid. <br /><br />I have been entertained seeing the world through your eyes. Your descriptions of some of the places you’ve seen are beautiful word pictures that place me there. When you wrote about Fryman Canyon, though my experience was of different places and fragrances, I was reminded of the piney scent in the air at Muir Woods or Sequioa National Park. I was able to connect with what you wrote, and that brought back a fond memory of last year’s family vacation to California. <br /><br />There is also a raw side to some of your posts. They can be angry, rants about injustice or rudeness or just things that irritate you. You have the courage to speak out against issues that not everyone would want to address. Sometimes I sense a bit of melancholy, a loneliness or longing that I don’t know enough about you to understand. <br /><br />You have an interesting way of putting together words in the same post that might not, at first glance, seem to go together. At times there is an erudite fluidity in the way you use words, lovely, archaic terms like celerity. (I had to look that one up.) The sentences flow from word to word like oil gliding on water. But then, out of nowhere, I’m jarred out of the water by curse words. So I’m not a curser, those words are not in my vocabulary, and maybe that’s why they seem jarring. But hey, it works, and I keep reading. Your topics are all over the place, but I like that, too. It shows the many dimensions of who you are. And that, I guess, is what blogging is all about. Sharing pieces of yourself with anyone who is willing to take the time to read. I’ll stop now. I’ve practically written an entire post here, but wordiness is one of my writing weaknesses. Have a great day/evening. <br />Lianne Lopeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267078942292204376noreply@blogger.com