Thought for the Day - May 30

Subject: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: Peter T.
Date: 30 May 00 - 09:56 AM

Upon first seeing Mount Shasta in Northern California, John Muir wrote that his "blood turned to wine". The best description of that feeling I have ever found.

yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 May 00 - 10:12 AM

Aged and mulled (is that redundant?) through his wonderful *insight*, heart, and vision...what a beautiful vintage.

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: catspaw49
Date: 30 May 00 - 10:13 AM

....the fact that he was completely blotto at the time may have had some effect on his thoughts. Also, never get a transfusion in the Napa Valley.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 30 May 00 - 10:18 AM

It's often so hard to put the inexpressible into words. That's why music is so valuable (one reason, any way) it expresses the inexpressible. But John Muir comes close- thanks for sharing it!

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: JenEllen
Date: 30 May 00 - 11:12 AM

Isn't that a wonderful feeling? We hiked up to Long Lake yesterday. (Lost Lake is on the map, but Long Lake is the lost one, go figure) Coming over the crest of a hill, blood to wine is probably the best description. Heady, gasping for breath, and leaning on a lodgpole pine like it's a lamp post helping you along your weaving way.

~Elle

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: Peg
Date: 30 May 00 - 11:17 AM

What a lovely image!

Just saw a show on Sunday Morning on CBS about the way that tourism is changing the area around Yosemite; so much so that they are desperately trying to find ways to preserve the park and cut down on the development (parking lots, restaurants, hotels etc.) around it without damaging local business...

John Muir was mentioned, along the lines of how he might feel today seeing how the place has changed since his day...

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: Ebbie
Date: 30 May 00 - 11:28 AM

Having my blood turn to wine (what a wonderful description!) happened the first time I saw Crater Lake in southern Oregon. The explosive change from the starkness of the last 20 miles of highway- everything gray-green, sparse, slim trees growing out of 300-foot deep ash from the long-ago Mt.Mazama eruption- to the richness of the deep, deep cobalt blue of the lake was an absolute epiphany to me. Ebbie

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: Mbo
Date: 30 May 00 - 11:44 AM

Beautiful, Johnny....click here for a superb song...

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: Little Neophyte
Date: 30 May 00 - 12:01 PM

A few years back I spent a great deal of time driving through the mountains in British Columbia and my blood would turn into wine while I was behind the wheel which I found kind of dangerous. 'Blood turning into wine' is an accurate description of the mountain's powerful presents.
If you ever take the time, settle down and live in the mountains for a while it can turn you into a real drunk.

Bonnie

Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 30
From: Amergin
Date: 30 May 00 - 01:21 PM

"Blood turning to wine" is feeling I get whenever I see the turqoise waters of the Kootenai River up by Cranbrook, BC. I also get that feeling everytime I look upon Lake Pend O'Reille and the hills that surround it. God I love that feeling.