tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post114713494693823760..comments2024-02-16T21:23:06.989-05:00Comments on ksquest: Had a Livey Kind of Weekkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06430423256832961746noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-1147297433346083622006-05-10T17:43:00.000-04:002006-05-10T17:43:00.000-04:00*snorfl!!!*No, the bank's in Utah. We're in Flori...*snorfl!!!*<BR/><BR/>No, the bank's in Utah. We're in Florida. So is the buzzard. WAS, I mean. <BR/><BR/>It's kind of a long story.<BR/><BR/>But the windshield is fixed, hooray! and so is the flat tire. <BR/><BR/>And I just noticed that Pulitzer bit on the book a couple days ago. Well earned, too. Usually I devour books in one gulp. This one deserves to be savored.<BR/><BR/>I have a distinct impression it's modeled on Thoreau's *Walden Pond.* After I finish, I may compare them for fun.<BR/><BR/>For my neighbor to give it to me was a great and humbling compliment. It was because of how all three of us - Peter, the author, and me - look at the world and our local wildlife. Peter's my back fence neighbor. We first met one afternoon, quite embarrassed, having caught each other out talking to the lizards in our back yards. <BR/><BR/>You know, you don't want to say, --Oh, I was just carrying on this conversation with myself...but then, you also don't want to say, --Oh, I was just chatting with the lizards again...and it turned out, we were both talking to our lizards at the same time, not realizing we weren't alone out there.<BR/><BR/>That was a few years ago. Since then, we've become pretty tight neighbors. And he knew I was going off fossil hunting a few weeks back and gave me the book for the trip.<BR/><BR/>I'm seriously lucky in the neighbor department.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430423256832961746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-1147294269700372852006-05-10T16:51:00.000-04:002006-05-10T16:51:00.000-04:00BTW, I absolutely LOVE Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. (Y...BTW, I absolutely LOVE Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. (You know Annie Dillard won a Pulitzer Prize for this one!) <BR/>It's an incredible book. Hope you like it as much as I do.Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-1147294019049045342006-05-10T16:46:00.000-04:002006-05-10T16:46:00.000-04:00Geez. A buzzard in UTAH busted your windshield? ...Geez. A buzzard in UTAH busted your windshield? I guess I should read that again.... <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry.Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-1147275035132554232006-05-10T11:30:00.000-04:002006-05-10T11:30:00.000-04:00Good thing I like being a Problem Solver, huh?Good thing I like being a Problem Solver, huh?khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430423256832961746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11967806.post-1147237747573395602006-05-10T01:09:00.000-04:002006-05-10T01:09:00.000-04:00Zoiks...Zoiks...Desert Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656526816699347744noreply@blogger.com