Hi John, New England is beautiful and its winters are full of joy. California is beautiful too.
Marsha On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:08 AM, John Carl wrote: > Perhaps it is foolish of me to assume that joy exists anywhere outside of my > own sphere, Marsha, and yet sometimes, like the sun peeking through the > clouds, I see signs of it. > > But I'll take your word for it. > > John > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:33 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> John, >> >> Let me rewrite that properly: >> >> >> The promise of joy existing somewhere else is very foolish. >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 7, 2010, at 5:30 AM, MarshaV wrote: >> >>> >>> John, >>> >>> The promise of betterment existing someplace is very foolish. >>> >>> >>> Marsha >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 6, 2010, at 1:11 PM, John Carl wrote: >>> >>>> Marsha, >>>> >>>> I have to go work, but I'll sit down tonite and let my fingers fly over >> the >>>> passages promised. >>>> >>>> In the meantime, to whet your appetite... >>>> >>>> "in New England, if you are moody, you may wish to take a long walk out >> of >>>> doors, but that is not possible at or even at most seasons. Nature may >> not >>>> be permitted to comfort you. In California, unless you are afraid of >> the >>>> rain, nature welcomes you at almost any time. The union of the man and >> the >>>> visible universe is free, is entirely unchecked by any hostility on the >> part >>>> of nature, and is such as easily fills one's mind with wealth of warm >>>> experience. >>>> >>>> >>>> Now I must feel that such tendencies are of vast importance, not merely >>>> today, but for all time. They are tendencies whose moral significance >> in >>>> the life of California is of course both good and evil, since man's >>>> relations with nature are, in general, a neutral material upon which >> ethical >>>> relations may be based. If you are industrious, this intimacy with >> nature >>>> mean constant cooperation, a cooperation never interrupted by frozen >> ground >>>> and deep snow. If you tend to idleness, nature's kindliness may make >> you >>>> all more indolent, and indolence is a possible enough vice with the >> dwellers >>>> of all mild climates. If you are morally careless, nature encourages >> your >>>> freedom." >>>> >>>> >>>> Mea Culpa, >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:12 PM, John Carl wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm reading Royce's history of California right now and boy does he >> have >>>>>> some interesting insight into the way an environment forms the >> individual >>>>>> and society. Reading his description of the attitude you get from >> living >>>>> in >>>>>> a place that isn't trying to kill you half the year is quite amazing. >>>>> His >>>>>> description fits me to a "T", and his contrast with the New England >>>>>> Individualist and the California individualist made for some >> fascinating >>>>>> reading that I'm itching to share with Marsha. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lessee, it's gonna be 62 degrees today, I hope the rest of y'all are >>>>> keeping >>>>>> warm where you're at. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi John, >>>>> >>>>> I'm interested. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Marsha >>>>> >>>>> p.s. The high temperature here today was 24-degrees. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>>>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>>>> Archives: >>>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>>>> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >>>>> >>>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>>> Archives: >>>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>>> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> Shoot for the moon. 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