tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post113423239040370016..comments2024-02-28T14:41:47.313-07:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: I woke up and discovered I was a bloggerambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134273978668917232005-12-10T21:06:00.000-07:002005-12-10T21:06:00.000-07:00It IS beautiful--and it makes you see the horse em...It IS beautiful--and it makes you see the horse emerging--and then horses in general anew--our dominion over them--as nature--comes up as possibly an illusion. <BR/><BR/>Those incredible letters between the Van Gogh brothers--Vincent was trying to say that color itself has a story. Arcane--but, true, if it sets off new trains of thought.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134269540275740902005-12-10T19:52:00.000-07:002005-12-10T19:52:00.000-07:00terryeThanks.I understand about winter. Well, not ...terrye<BR/><BR/>Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I understand about winter. Well, not literally. But it is memories that influence our attitudes. Even my worst winter memory, of a 35-mile drive seeing cars in ditches as I drove, slowly, by--stretching to see out the passenger window because my wiper had gotten stuck and I didn't dare stop to wipe off the window--is a good one. Me and my trusty Datsun made it home that night on winding two-lane country roads. Quite a triumph.<BR/><BR/>Buddy<BR/><BR/>Wow. What an adventure bringing that thing. But the joy of having it and showing it...priceless. What an adventure, period. Frogs standing up on their back legs to take a look at you?!?! Wow, again!<BR/><BR/>That harness is beautiful, isn't it? That's why I didn't put the sleigh in that picture. I wanted the horse and background to blend, and the harness to stand out.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134267211868518632005-12-10T19:13:00.000-07:002005-12-10T19:13:00.000-07:00Sorta like your (gorgeous) "sleigh Horse"--tiny br...Sorta like your (gorgeous) "sleigh Horse"--tiny bright notes in a bridle and halter strung thin across something big and powerful and ghostly.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134265976062486462005-12-10T18:52:00.000-07:002005-12-10T18:52:00.000-07:00Cool of you to pick up on that, Syl--that was exac...Cool of you to pick up on that, Syl--that was exactly the thing about it--the chess-set times, it took a half dozen flights to get in there, puddle-jumper from Victoria to Houston, then Continental to New Orleans or Miami, PanAm to Caracas or Maricaibo, then local air-taxi out to Anaco or El Tigre, then back to puddle-jumpers out to base, then choppers out to those rank wildcat drilling areas--so I had to cut down to one carry-on bag for 30 day hitches (food & tech equipment was on site)--so, to haul that 5 lb chess-set, I had to forgo an extra few sets of overalls (I'd just shower in my overalls, and wash 'em along with me). But in the 70s, having a piece of the highest consumer-tech (replete with LED display!) that far into the boonies--with paleo-exotica all around (4x too-big armadillos and anteaters wandering around, frogs that stood up on back legs to take a look at you, flights of hundreds of multicolored parrots in the trees), was entirely too psychedelic to pass up. ahh...please excuse the reverie....buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134264808935690712005-12-10T18:33:00.000-07:002005-12-10T18:33:00.000-07:00Syl:I love your place.Very talented.But I am afrai...Syl:<BR/><BR/>I love your place.<BR/><BR/>Very talented.<BR/><BR/>But I am afraid I don't much care for winter.<BR/><BR/>I think it has something to do with the whole livestock feeding thing. A holdover, like flashbacks or something.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134260539243823002005-12-10T17:22:00.000-07:002005-12-10T17:22:00.000-07:00buddyI never saw that one. I remember one on the C...buddy<BR/><BR/>I never saw that one. I remember one on the Commodores though. I used to play with the little hand-held game thingies, like Basketball, and one for Baseball, and Master Mind. Radio Shack was my favorite place back then.<BR/><BR/>But that's neat that you brought it with you down there!<BR/><BR/>Games have gotten so big and complex. One needs a huge computer with gigantic speakers and monitor. Or Playstation type things.<BR/><BR/>I'm waiting for full-circle though, Pong on an I-PAD, or whatever it's called. :)Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134259974151153742005-12-10T17:12:00.000-07:002005-12-10T17:12:00.000-07:00barryLOL No way. Rudi runs away from nothing.barry<BR/><BR/>LOL No way. Rudi runs away from nothing.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134259503212881092005-12-10T17:05:00.000-07:002005-12-10T17:05:00.000-07:00Just read 'about-misc" over in the Cricket Cage--w...Just read 'about-misc" over in the Cricket Cage--what a sweet point-of-view--and nice of hubby to let you use the TRS-80! (*groan*)<BR/><BR/>I had a very early--TRS-predess--came out before the Commodore--talking chess set. it was a pretty fair chess program, ran on batts or 110, and said things like Bishop takes pawn" and "I Win" er I mean "You Win".<BR/><BR/>I used to take it with me on tours into the Amazon rainforest, and used to let the Indians--always hanging at the edge of the drilling sites--play with it. They got the biggest uproarious laughs out of that talking chessboard.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134256580004615462005-12-10T16:16:00.000-07:002005-12-10T16:16:00.000-07:00Syl,That's lovely work at the Cricket Cage. I know...Syl,<BR/><BR/>That's lovely work at the Cricket Cage.<BR/><BR/> I know you said there are no politics in those works, but are you sure that Rudi isn't a portrait of Kerry in charge of a swift boat ;>)Barry Dauphinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808109325931309525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134256494349393222005-12-10T16:14:00.000-07:002005-12-10T16:14:00.000-07:00We in central Texas haven't seen any snow in a dec...We in central Texas haven't seen any snow in a decade or two. Temp finally went below friz for the first time a couple days ago, with some freezing rain. Thousands of people skidded off into ditches, many of them in vehicles.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134254452556854832005-12-10T15:40:00.000-07:002005-12-10T15:40:00.000-07:00What's this snow stuff you keep speaking about?What's this snow stuff you keep speaking about?ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134252196752513922005-12-10T15:03:00.000-07:002005-12-10T15:03:00.000-07:00Amphetamines a close second.Amphetamines a close second.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134252094078174892005-12-10T15:01:00.000-07:002005-12-10T15:01:00.000-07:00Har! Right on--the theory of winter beats the hell...Har! Right on--the theory of winter beats the hell outta the practice of it!<BR/><BR/>Coffee. If I had to choose between it and everything else in all the realm of reality--I'd take the coffee.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134245911669529292005-12-10T13:18:00.000-07:002005-12-10T13:18:00.000-07:00lol @ chuck.lol @ chuck.gumshoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567181585153569751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134244604182238002005-12-10T12:56:00.000-07:002005-12-10T12:56:00.000-07:00Coffee inside, snow outside. Ah.That ain't winter....<I>Coffee inside, snow outside. Ah.</I><BR/><BR/>That ain't winter. Standing in the snow replacing a broken timing belt at -20F, now *that's* winter.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134243829751073942005-12-10T12:43:00.000-07:002005-12-10T12:43:00.000-07:00Winter is my favorite season. I guess I'm just a g...Winter is my favorite season. I guess I'm just a good little ol' Norwegian.<BR/><BR/>Coffee inside, snow outside. Ah.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134242295881781962005-12-10T12:18:00.000-07:002005-12-10T12:18:00.000-07:00"Oh, now them's fightin' words."Yeah, and as soon ...<I>"Oh, now them's fightin' words."</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, and as soon as I finish this second pot, I'm joinin' in.<BR/><BR/>Eleven days 'til solstice and sixty-five or so until "normal".Rick Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082425215912372067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134240529073506072005-12-10T11:48:00.000-07:002005-12-10T11:48:00.000-07:00Coffee is overrated.Oh, now them's fightin' words....<I>Coffee is overrated.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, now them's fightin' words.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1134232620855256252005-12-10T09:37:00.000-07:002005-12-10T09:37:00.000-07:00Syl,I've had a very similar experience.Except in m...Syl,<BR/><BR/>I've had a very similar experience.<BR/><BR/>Except in my case, the blog posting <I>is</I> there, but nobody seems to have noticed!<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>Jamie IronsJamie Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483791884102487505noreply@blogger.com