Interesting thread morph. Copperheads: I've probably stepped over a few without ever knowing it. The one incident I remember was when I was about 10 years old, walking along a wooded trail on the edge of a pond. The trail dipped down a few feet with an old stone wall impoundment on one side. Suddenly my cousin yelled "freeze" and pointed to a spot just to the side of my head. I turned slowly to see a copperhead about a foot from my face. I gingerly retreated, the snake never moved.
A favorite musical memory of mine: Summer of 1999 at the Raystown Lake campground in Huntingdon County, PA. There was a band playing at the amphitheater there (I wish I remembered their name) that consisted of a local family. They were doing a very eclectic mix of songs, including a killer version of "What's Going On" by the 4 Non-Blondes with a dazzling violin solo by one of the children, who was about 8 years old. Adding to the experience was the amazing backdrop of the scenery composed of the steep shale barrens (which are said to contain many acres of old growth). I always liked hearing the classics done in a new way, such as this version of the old Jimi Hendrix standard "Purple Haze" done by the Kronus Quartet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP7rjppeRA0 Ernie On Oct 8, 4:08 am, Beth Koebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe, > > I'm close to twice the age cut off you gave (>25) and I like some Rap not all > but some of it, esp. the earlier stuff. > > Beth > > "He plants trees to benefit another generation." --Caecilius Statius > > --- On Tue, 10/7/08, Joseph Zorzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Joseph Zorzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Can you spot the coperhead? > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Mike Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 11:06 AM > > #yiv1212588898 .hmmessage P { > PADDING-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px;} > #yiv1212588898 { > FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma;} > > Well, I'll be alone on this one- but, believe it or not, there is some GREAT > rap music. Probably few people over the age of 25 will agree, but if you > listen close, some is very powerful expression. > > My forestry colleague Mike Leonard has written a "forestry rap" and I'll soon > be filming him perform it. <G> We'll get it up on MTV- and perhaps he'll do > the performance at the next SAF meeting. <G> > > Joe > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Edward Frank > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:24 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Can you spot the coperhead? > > Don, > > I always liked John Prine. And I also recall tramping the hills of Kentucky > when I was there looking for caves. My taste in music is more erratic than > eclectic. I like stuff like Bob Dylan, but even people like Marilyn Manson > has an occasional song I like. There was a song by the Belamy Brothers called > Old Hippie - in the song the title character switched to country, because > disco left him cold. That is about what I did at the time. You can always > deride the popular music of the day because as the saying goes 95% of > everything is crap. Looking at the past we tend to remember only the 5% of > stuff that was good. If listening to the radio, I tend to listen to oldies, > even those from before my time. I don't care much for the popular music > today, but there are occasional gems among the dross. Even country has > changed. So much of the music seems so insipid and lacks meaning and depth. > I can't say I was heartbroken when Garth Brooks > retired. While at one of the Forest Summits everyone went out to a > restaurant for lunch. A band was playing there. Some thought it was too > loud and was distracting from the conversation. Another person and I, I > don't remember who, were discussing the music being played. The one song in > question was something by the Byrds, from the Sweethearts of the Rodeo > album. Monica plays classical piano, so there is quite a variety of musical > tastes and talents within ENTS. > > Ed > > Join me in the Eastern Native Tree Society athttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > and in the Primal Forests - Ancient Trees Community > at: http://primalforests.ning.com/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DON BERTOLETTE > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 1:30 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Can you spot the coperhead? > > Ed- > Good recall! > I like John Prine for a lot, lot, lot of songs, but few for better reason > than his "Paradise"...when we lived in Clay County, it didn't take much for > us to drive an hour and catch Sy Khan, John McCutcheon, and others still > singing and writing about what mattered to Kentuckians! We had the pleasure > of floating many of the SE rivers, and the Green was the smoothest! > -DonRB > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Can you spot the coperhead? > Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 11:32:51 -0400 > > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P > {padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;} > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass BODY.EC_hmmessage > {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} > > Don, > > These are the lyrics to Paradise by John Prine; > > When I was a child my family would travel > Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born > And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered > So many times that my memories are worn. > > Chorus: > And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County > Down by the Green River where Paradise lay > Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking > Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away > > Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River > To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill > Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols > But empty pop bottles was all we would kill. > > Repeat Chorus: > > Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel > And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land > Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken > Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man. > > Repeat Chorus: > > When I die let my ashes float down the Green River > Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam > I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin' > Just five miles away from wherever I am. > > Repeat Chorus: > > > Join me in the Eastern Native Tree Society athttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > and in the Primal Forests - Ancient Trees Community > at: http://primalforests.ning.com/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DON BERTOLETTE > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 11:27 AM > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Can you spot the coperhead? > > Ed- > I agree, the forest is much more than just the supernumerary trees...I > remember well the first time I smelled a copperhead in the woods! Kentucky > woods weren't always a friendly woods... > -DonRB > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Can you spot the coperhead? > Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 23:36:07 -0400 > > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass .EC_shape > {} > > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass p.EC_MsoNormal, #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass > li.EC_MsoNormal, #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass div.EC_MsoNormal > {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass a:link, #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass > span.EC_MsoHyperlink > {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass a:visited, #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass > span.EC_MsoHyperlinkFollowed > {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass p > {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New > Roman';} > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass span.EC_EmailStyle18 > {font-family:Arial;color:navy;} > _filtered #yiv1212588898 {} > #yiv1212588898 .ExternalClass div.EC_Section1 > {} > > Ed, > > Not off topic at all. Thanks for the great photo- I will share it with my > kids. > > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Edward Frank > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 3:06 PM > To: ENTS Google > Subject: [ENTS] Can you spot the coperhead? > > > ENTS, > > > > Many of you are involved in field work in the autumn after the leaves have > fallen. I wanted to post this to the group, I know I will be criticized > because this may be slightly off topic. > > > > You will see this, this fall, when all the leaves drop on the ground near the > privacy fence or the storage house and the underbrush gets crowded with > leaves and limbs. Be careful when you are out in the field or raking those > fall leaves. > > > > CAN YOU SPOT THE COPPERHEAD? Probably not. Scroll down to next pic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here it is: > > Be careful everyone. > > > > Edward Frank > > > > > > Join me in the Eastern Native Tree Society athttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > and in the Primal Forests - Ancient Trees Community > at: http://primalforests.ning.com/ > > </HTML<BR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
