Comments on: Living large http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/living-large/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/living-large/#comment-6151 Bill Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:23:47 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/15/living-large/#comment-6151 "Grassy splay"? Oh man! Good one. I'm so freaking anodyne. No, not sugar maples. I guess "sugar-eared" is a pretty darned odd adjective, but hey, I stop at the pastry counter. Thanks for bearing witness. “Grassy splay”? Oh man! Good one. I’m so freaking anodyne.

No, not sugar maples. I guess “sugar-eared” is a pretty darned odd adjective, but hey, I stop at the pastry counter. Thanks for bearing witness.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/living-large/#comment-6150 Dave Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:34:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/15/living-large/#comment-6150 Jarrett - Thanks. For me, hearing is really more important than seeing. They say seeing is believing, but I guess I'm not a strong believer in the importance of belief. I'm much more interested in mindful habitation, and nothing defines the genius of a place like the soundscape. Bill - I love "glassy spray of light." The third line is also intriguing, but I don't really understand what you mean by "sugar-eared petals" - maybe a reference to the sugar maples in the background of the first boulder photo? (Glassy spray <-- grassy splay?) Jason - Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad this gave you something to chew on. I find local ecological history really fascinating, and I'm afraid I bore my hiking buddies to death almost everywhere we go with my endless speculations on what have happened there. Jarrett – Thanks. For me, hearing is really more important than seeing. They say seeing is believing, but I guess I’m not a strong believer in the importance of belief. I’m much more interested in mindful habitation, and nothing defines the genius of a place like the soundscape.

Bill – I love “glassy spray of light.” The third line is also intriguing, but I don’t really understand what you mean by “sugar-eared petals” – maybe a reference to the sugar maples in the background of the first boulder photo?

(Glassy spray <– grassy splay?)

Jason – Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad this gave you something to chew on. I find local ecological history really fascinating, and I’m afraid I bore my hiking buddies to death almost everywhere we go with my endless speculations on what have happened there.

]]> By: Jason http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/living-large/#comment-6149 Jason Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:56:07 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/15/living-large/#comment-6149 That's a nice observation about the old oak. Something for me to consider when walking in my own neighborhood. Urban though it is, we still have a couple large longleaf pines and oak trees in our area. Funny to think of them as 100+ year old residents of our 50 year old subdivision. That’s a nice observation about the old oak. Something for me to consider when walking in my own neighborhood. Urban though it is, we still have a couple large longleaf pines and oak trees in our area. Funny to think of them as 100+ year old residents of our 50 year old subdivision.

]]> By: The biggest tree « Plummer’s Hollow, Pennsylvania http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/living-large/#comment-6148 The biggest tree « Plummer’s Hollow, Pennsylvania Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:07:28 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/15/living-large/#comment-6148 [...] The latest post at Via Negativa, Living large, discusses the largest rock and the largest tree on the property, both located in the southwest corner of our border with I-99. I also uploaded a photoset to Flickr, Down in the corner. [...] [...] The latest post at Via Negativa, Living large, discusses the largest rock and the largest tree on the property, both located in the southwest corner of our border with I-99. I also uploaded a photoset to Flickr, Down in the corner. [...]

]]> By: Bill http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/living-large/#comment-6147 Bill Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:41:33 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/15/living-large/#comment-6147 In the woods along the Interstate, sugar-eared petals whet on air, silent in the glassy spray of light. . In the woods
along the Interstate,
sugar-eared petals whet on air,
silent in the glassy spray of light.

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]]> By: Jarrett http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/living-large/#comment-6146 Jarrett Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:07:30 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/10/15/living-large/#comment-6146 This is beautifully observed, especially given the distraction. I often find that loud, unpleasant noise can drown out seeing. This is beautifully observed, especially given the distraction. I often find that loud, unpleasant noise can drown out seeing.

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