Subj : Re: Heating Up Again
To   : N2qfd
From : AKAcastor
Date : Tue Jul 02 2024 11:55:38

 n>  Here we're in the Endless Mountains, and I had some 
 n> friends go out west and if there was any real issue it 
 n> was the never ending sky. 

I grew up in Saskatchewan, on the license plates they put the motto "Land of Living Skies".  Growing up there of course it felt normal.  Even the idea that it was very flat was lost on me - I mean look there's a hill just over that way! :)

 n>  We grow up here in a landscape of valleys, south of the 
 n> finger lakes. The friend I'm thinking of remarked this 
 n> feeling like there was no where to hide, being exposed 
 n> all the time. He said the sky was too big and it was 
 n> suffocating. 

Since I moved away from the prarie, I have noticed when I return to visit that my perception has changed.  Now I see THE SKY IS SO GODDAMN BIG! haha

 n>  Here you've always got a hill in view. They say "Ithaca 
 n> is Gorges" on the bumper stickers... They also say it's 
 n> 10 square miles surrounded by reality!

That's a fantastic slogan.

 n>   I'm sure it's the later, but maybe there is something 
 n> to life in the open we mountain williams need to learn about... 

There certainly are subtle (and not so subtle) differences in life in different areas, aren't there.


Chris/akacastor


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