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07 Jul 04 - 10:41 PM (#1221072) Subject: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Jeep man I am putting together some memories of places I remember in these old mountains. Old farmsteads, old house sites with just a rock chimney remaining. The title and thread will be Lonesome Places or Lonely places. Mudcat has some really good writers in the family. What is the correct title. Thanks, Jim |
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07 Jul 04 - 11:09 PM (#1221079) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: GUEST "Lonesome Places/Lonely Places" |
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07 Jul 04 - 11:10 PM (#1221081) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: bengi The correct title is Loneliest Lonesomes. |
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07 Jul 04 - 11:33 PM (#1221093) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BIG HIGH AND LONESOME (Baxter Black) From: Rapparee THE BIG HIGH AND LONESOME by Baxter Black The big high and lonesome's a place in my mind like out from Lakeview to Burns, Or up on the Judith or Promontory 'bout where the UP track turns. It's anywhere you feel tiny when you get a good look at the sky And sometimes when it's a-stormin' you can look the Lord in the eye. I stood and watched in amazement out on the San Augustine Plain While the sky turned as black as the curtains in Hell and the wind come a-chasin' the rain. And standing there watching I felt it in the minutes before it arrived An unearthly stillness prickled my skin like the storm itself was alive. When it hit, it hit with a fury the wind with its saber unsheathed Led the charge with the scream of a demon; the storm was barin' its teeth. The thunder cracked and sky split apart with a horrible deafening roar I felt like a fox in cage made of bones in sight of the hounds at the door. The blackness shook like a she-bear. The lightning blinded the sun The rain fell like bullets around me scattering dust like a gun! It was over as quick as it started leaving it peaceful instead The only sound was the beat of my heart pounding inside of my head. I took of my hat, too shaken to move afraid of making a sound I felt like a man on the head of a pin with nobody else around. But the sun was already sparkling in raindrops still wet on my face. The big high and lonesome is only God's way of putting a man in his place. |
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07 Jul 04 - 11:36 PM (#1221095) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Amos Far, High and Lonesome: Lonely Places in Old Hills A |
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07 Jul 04 - 11:48 PM (#1221101) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Jeep man Thanks guys. Maybe we can get a few more replys. Jim |
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08 Jul 04 - 01:05 AM (#1221124) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: LadyJean I spent a summer housesitting for a friend in a nice neighborhood, where I didn't know anybody. It was just me and her two cats in a large house. It was terribly lonely for me. I've sold my apartment, and I'm buying a house. That'll be lonely too, I'm afraid. |
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08 Jul 04 - 01:22 AM (#1221129) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: mg Lonesome for sure. mg |
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08 Jul 04 - 01:54 AM (#1221136) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Ebbie 'lonely' rolls better off the tongue. |
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08 Jul 04 - 08:47 AM (#1221299) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Jeri 'Lonesome' seems more descriptive of a place than 'lonely', at least for me. It's probably just the way I interpret the words. Places are lonesome, people are lonely. High lonesome, lonesome pine, lonesome valley, etc, all have the feeling of places left behind, out of time, while the world of man has moved on or completely missed them. |
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08 Jul 04 - 08:49 AM (#1221302) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: GUEST,MMario I agree with Jeri - places lonesome; people lonely. |
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08 Jul 04 - 08:55 AM (#1221305) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Amos A "Lonely Place" is one which makes you feel lonely, but this is found much less often than a lonesome place is use. "All on my lonesome" is semi-humorous vernacular. So the division isn't cut and dried. A |
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08 Jul 04 - 09:08 AM (#1221311) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Rapparee You're neither alone nor lonesome unless you want to be, because you're always with yourself (you can't escape it). Folks who are comfortable inside their own heads are never lonely OR lonesome, and yet they're not antisocial, either. People who live out in lonesome places either move back to "civilization" pretty quick or are so self-comfortable that they don't miss other folks. The really balanced ones welcome both company and solitude. Maybe 'solitary' would be a better adjective. How about "Solitary Haunts" for a title? Brings up the idea of the ghosts of those houses, too. |
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08 Jul 04 - 10:10 AM (#1221356) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: freda underhill ..Only the Lonely... |
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08 Jul 04 - 11:53 AM (#1221410) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: McGrath of Harlow Lonesome is about solitude, being on your own; lonely is about feeling uncomfortable with being on your own. You can easily be lonely in a crowd, I don't think you'd ever be likely say you were lonesome. Lonely tends to imply that you are missing other people, or are feeling out of touch with them. Lonesome suggests, to me, the solitude is there to be enjoyed. |
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08 Jul 04 - 12:29 PM (#1221451) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: GUEST,heric I agree that Jeri's subjective impression may be common, but I also suspect that the impression is borne from the widely known term "lonesome prairie." Technically, I think that lonesome and lonely are synonyms. They are felt by a person, not by a place or thing. The next word in line might be isolated. However, that term requires one to specify (or imply) isolation from what. (Maybe from people, but that's not a necessary implication. Another word might be desolate. I think that one is the most technically accurate for the intended meaning. The problem, of course, is that seems to overstate the concept. Still working. With hundreds of thousand of nature bnooks in print, the correct word must be well-used. |
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08 Jul 04 - 12:37 PM (#1221458) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: GUEST,heric (which means I vote for lonesome absent any surprises, as it does sound a little better, and seems to hold less of the negative emotion implied by the other) |
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08 Jul 04 - 12:41 PM (#1221465) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: GUEST,heric "Places which inspire a sweetly melancholic feeling of isolation" using two words only. This can be done. |
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08 Jul 04 - 03:31 PM (#1221601) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Jeep man I knew Mudcatters would come through. You are very observant and thoughtful. Thanks a load. Jim |
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09 Jul 04 - 09:24 AM (#1222163) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: Snuffy Where Ravens Feed by Graham Miles is all about lonely places, but using the definition Kevin (08 Jul 04 - 11:53 AM ) would apply to lonesome |
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09 Jul 04 - 04:20 PM (#1222528) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: bengi Now listen! Didn't I tell you that the correct one is, Loneliest Lonesomes. |
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09 Jul 04 - 06:33 PM (#1222605) Subject: RE: BS: Lonesome Places or Lonly Places From: GUEST,non english major Forget about grammar in a book title - what you want is something that will sell. How about: Lonely, Lonesome Places |