[lyra33]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

and to whoever it was that said there isnt a tree taller then 6 ft on Mt Chjarleston, it's OBVIOUS that you have NEVER been there.

Mt Charleston is covered with a stand of Ponderosa Pine

Actually I'm glad those people have not been there...they probably would be the same kind who would litter and light forest fires.

[dynimagelv]

+1 for that Lyra......Mt Charleston should be kept a secret

[Spraynard Kruger]

Originally Posted by lyra33

I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life..." — Henry David Thoreau

"Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone." - John Keating in Dead Poet's Society.

[lyra33]

Originally Posted by Spraynard Kruger

"Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone." - John Keating in Dead Poet's Society.

To that I would say..."it's better to have sucked out the marrow of life and die living life to it's fullest because only the good die young."- lyra and Billy Joel...

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spraynard Kruger]

Originally Posted by lyra33

To that I would say..."it's better to have sucked out the marrow of life and die living life to it's fullest because only the good die young."- lyra and Billy Joel...

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You had to be a big shot, didn't ya.

[Buzz123]

Originally Posted by lyra33

This phrase has a direct link to a memory....I was sitting by the window in American Literature...dreamily gazing outside experiencing a terrible case of Senioritis...wanting more than anything to be running outside on the freshly watered green grass when the phrase "he's just a tree hugger" ripped me from my reverie...we were discussing Thoreau.

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life..." — Henry David Thoreau

It's funny how certain moments in life stand out to you...but that one did. I guess I feel that same way...the energy you get from nature makes me feel alive.



That sounds like a lot of fun. And star gazing is another hobby of mine. What a perfect opportunity being that high away from the city and car lights.

You want the stars? You can't handle the stars. I'll tell you where to go. ...Uh, I mean to see stars. The North Rim of the Grand Canyon. You are not so much looking up at them as walking among them (paraphrase of something out of All The Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy). It's overwhelming.

[dynimagelv]

or Monument Valley.....its where the DARK goes to hide.....

[lyra33]

Originally Posted by Buzz123

You want the stars? You can't handle the stars. I'll tell you where to go. ...Uh, I mean to see stars. The North Rim of the Grand Canyon. You are not so much looking up at them as walking among them (paraphrase of something out of All The Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy). It's overwhelming.

Wow you really are on a roll today ...quoting Cormac McCarthy...love his book The Road!

Yes...I have plans to go to the Grand Canyon this summer...sounds amazing!
Oh...give me those stars! Thanks for telling me where to go!

[Peanut Nore]

Originally Posted by lyra33

Wow you really are on a roll today ...quoting Cormac McCarthy...love his book The Road!

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ugh i hate cormac mccarthys writing style it is something like this where there is no contractions or punctuation or apostrophes and it gets very very irritating and confusing i did not like the road and i loathed all the pretty horses even more im not willing to try another one

[lyra33]

Originally Posted by Peanut Nore

ugh i hate cormac mccarthys writing style it is something like this where there is no contractions or punctuation or apostrophes and it gets very very irritating and confusing i did not like the road and i loathed all the pretty horses even more im not willing to try another one

I guess this just shows how different people's taste is! I LOVED The Road, definitely in the top five books I have ever read. Sheer poetry imo.

""He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it." — Cormac McCarthy (The Road)

"Listen to me, he said, when your dreams are of some world that never was or some world that never will be, and you're happy again, then you'll have given up. Do you understand? And you can't give up, I won't let you."
— Cormac McCarthy (The Road)

Just slay me.....

I should mention this is the only McCarthy book that I've read so far. But I plan on reading more...

What I liked the best about The Road was it felt like I was tapping into someones thought...streaming.

Man...I really felt that book...I think I had tears running down my face the entire time! Such angst..passion, and longing for his child to live in a better world. To be the good guys...ahhh....time to read it again!

Sorry...got carried away!