I used to ride my bike way up north from Fairfield and stop in the middle of nowhere in the summer. Just amazing the huge blue sky, the wind moving through the corn and the sweet silence. Loved it! -Peter
--- curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Rory, > > Thanks for the high five for my post and back at ya > brother! This > reminded me of what I appreciated about living in > Fairfield for over 4 > years. The richness of the community is something > to cherish. It is > rare. > > When I think of Fairfield I remember the big sky > walking to the frats, > so many stars in the dark, the fireflys in the > Spring and how huge the > moon is when it is seen over the horizon as if you > are out at sea. I > also remember the way the earth smells in the > Spring. > > Good on ya mate for finding a "hometown". First > Friday sounds like > the kind of magic I would totally dig! > > > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > >> So, a question to the Fairfield dwellers here > amongst us: > > > do people walk much in Fairfield? For pleasure, > that is, > > > just for the sheer joy of taking a stroll? It > would seem > > > to me, from the one time I was there for a few > hours back > > > in the mid-80s, that it would be that kinda > place. > > > > Yes, you're right! It is and we do. Fairfield is a > great place for > > walking around and drinking in the general beauty, > both in town and > > out in the country. In town, one of our favorite > strolls is simply > > around the Square and its environs, as people have > been doing here > > for 170 years anyway of recorded history. (I > wouldn't be surprised > > if the Sacs, Foxes, and Ioways weren't doing > something similar here > > for millenia earlier. They still lived within 8 > miles of town in the > > early 1840s, when every day one would see at least > a few Indians > > around the square. Ancient burial mounds lie just > east of town and > > just south of town.) > > > > Of course, First Friday is a whole other > phenomenon around the > > Square. Throngs of happy revelers, good music, > good art, good food > > everywhere ... but either way, I imagine the > feeling is much like > > the old Spanish processions around the plaza > towards the end of the > > day. Lots of love in the air -- not just romance > (though plenty of > > that too, for those so inclined), but deep love, > the kind that comes > > from seeing friends we've known for 20 or 30 > years, and seeing the > > young faces we remember in their kids... This > place is the closest > > thing I have ever known to a genuine home town, > and I love it for > > that. The other day in Everybody's Market, I was > awe-struck by a > > three-year old, who looked *exactly like* the > little daughter of a > > woman we lived with in Seattle in the '80s. They > left as I was > > cashing out. "Man! That little girl looks just > like T.," I said, > > almost to myself, to which the cashier replied, > "Oh, T.? That was > > her going out, with her little daughter! They live > here now!" So now > > we smile at each other everywhere...Ahh, > Fairfield! I think I've > > mentioned how closely it fits the traditional > description of heaven > > for many of us -- just think of someone from one > of your past lives, > > and before you know it, they're standing right in > front of you. As > > I've said on FFL, we're really all already dead -- > in fact, were > > more dead when we were "alive" and sleepwalking > through life -- and > > now that we are truly dead, and have let it go, > Life shines as > > beautifully as we can bear it; everything we > imagine we want is ours > > almost before we've had the thought. And what is > truly beautiful, I > > am not alone in this -- many, many here share this > same Fairfield. > > > > Outside of town, since I lived here in the '80s, a > lot of new trails > > have gone in, one of our favorites leading from > Chautauqua Park up > > northeasterly through some deeply Powerful pines > all the way to > > Waterworks Park, where we can now swim at a > gorgeous little beach. > > And since this winter, another new walking trail > now leads along the > > creek at the bottom of Chautauqua Park and around > to the south > > (still following the creek) through woods and > red-winged-blackbird- > > owned marshes to end up in Lawson's Woods at the > Golf Course. We > > always meet a fair number of others coming the > other way, quietly > > enjoying these walks evidently as much as we do. > It's a great place > > to be. > > > > *L*L*L* > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
