tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874325259356339300.post6055065299088077023..comments2011-12-31T21:08:05.301+00:00Comments on sloping ground: In Pursuit of Spring by Edward Thomasslopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863812188565519254noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874325259356339300.post-76380221669069575682011-11-18T17:18:53.247+00:002011-11-18T17:18:53.247+00:00I'd agree with that. I read some of the Dharma...I'd agree with that. I read some of the Dharma Bums in the North Cascades - inspiring stuff. It cheered me up after the car had broken down!Quiltificationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203946438538407782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874325259356339300.post-71686472556808582922011-11-17T21:07:24.833+00:002011-11-17T21:07:24.833+00:00It certainly does - and a whole other level is ope...It certainly does - and a whole other level is opened by reading works in the place that inspired them - eg Ivor Gurney in the hills above Gloucesterslopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863812188565519254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4874325259356339300.post-7227410176128194512011-11-17T12:16:03.967+00:002011-11-17T12:16:03.967+00:00Your comment about the untamed west reminded me of...Your comment about the untamed west reminded me of "shores of the utmost west, ye who have waited long, unvisited unblessed, break forth in swelling song". I love it when someone with a masterful use of language describes things that you know - it somehow lifts your own experience to another level. Sounds like this book does that.Quiltificationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203946438538407782noreply@blogger.com