tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28570556.post5474947732848573086..comments2024-01-05T23:45:07.281-08:00Comments on cactuseaters: Writing and hiking in the Pogonip (updated.)cactuseatershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14442154730680441298noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28570556.post-58980193698097897032009-04-30T09:34:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:34:00.000-07:00Good one. I like the way that Oliver (and a few ot...Good one. I like the way that Oliver (and a few others) brush up against anthropomorphism but then quickly pull away from it. (it's refreshing to read writers who don't pretend to know what animals<br />are thinking!) dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28570556.post-70977156474885511852009-04-26T08:30:00.000-07:002009-04-26T08:30:00.000-07:00Another poem (like Mary Oliver's Turtle) reminding...Another poem (like Mary Oliver's Turtle) reminding me of Dan's anthropomorpical admonitions - this from Ted Kooser's book "Winter Morning Walks"<br /><br />March 5<br /><br />A flock of robins bobs in the top<br />of a wind-tossed tree,<br />with every robin facing north<br />and the sky flying into their faces.<br />But this is not straightforwardness,<br />nor is it courage, nor an example<br />of purpose and direction<br />against insurmountable odds.<br />They perch like this<br />to keep their feathers smooth.Kimhttp://www.solga.com/paint1.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28570556.post-50325791515389971112009-04-21T14:47:00.000-07:002009-04-21T14:47:00.000-07:00hi Catherine: that is a great idea.
I haven't don...hi Catherine: that is a great idea. <br />I haven't done a writing/hiking for kids event just yet but I would love to do one at some point (especially now that I have a daughter of my own.) I think the format would work very well for very young people -- although I would have to come up with a hike that is not quite as intense as the one we did on Saturday, dcactuseatershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442154730680441298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28570556.post-12559697899863144452009-04-21T13:27:00.000-07:002009-04-21T13:27:00.000-07:00Wow this sounds cool! Do you ever do hikes for kid...Wow this sounds cool! Do you ever do hikes for kids?Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045122601566004173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28570556.post-13246787743364131332009-04-21T13:26:00.000-07:002009-04-21T13:26:00.000-07:00Wow this sounds cool! Do you ever do exploring hik...Wow this sounds cool! Do you ever do exploring hikes for kids?Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045122601566004173noreply@blogger.com