tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916416825093476865.post7009850308358002787..comments2023-09-15T04:07:14.341-04:00Comments on Vesuvius At Home: Hooters Not AllowedVesuvius At Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916416825093476865.post-38547981462244333722013-02-20T15:55:04.194-05:002013-02-20T15:55:04.194-05:00I told Noah he should move here to Portland, we...I told Noah he should move here to Portland, we'll grow the pig and hops, he'll run the brewery, you'll be our local community writer. We love boobs here. We have a naked bike ride with 10,000+ boobs (and other parts) that include not just youngin's but Grandpa, Grandma and pregnant families. We have mountains and hills. Mercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888419278075447299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916416825093476865.post-68898492276083259032013-02-20T09:54:48.005-05:002013-02-20T09:54:48.005-05:00I am glad you share how it feels to stand in your ...I am glad you share how it feels to stand in your shoes and look out from your eyes. your writing is just exquisite, such a treat to be able to flow through your stream of consciousness this morning. You're right about February, too. i will try to remember that over here, where february is kicking my a--.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916416825093476865.post-9741952678541721242013-02-19T13:16:28.498-05:002013-02-19T13:16:28.498-05:00Sigh. I wanted to love the south as it's part ...Sigh. I wanted to love the south as it's part of my heritage, but the only four years that I actually loved living there was when I lived in Chapel Hill -- and that was, as Jesse Helms once put it, "the zoo" in North Carolina. I adore cities, and I adore liberal communities and I adore sunshine. So I love living here in Los Angeles, truly the only state I've lived in (Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, New York, New Jersey) where February didn't make me want to kill myself. So, there's that. I'm glad you wrote today as I miss your posts. They fortify me -- your writing is sublime.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916416825093476865.post-84966890772274577182013-02-19T12:07:47.214-05:002013-02-19T12:07:47.214-05:00You are right, of course. In Colorado I did hear o...You are right, of course. In Colorado I did hear occasional racism toward Mexicans. Of course these ugly things are everywhere, not just here. And I understand your environment shock, because that is how I've felt here--so penned in by the hills, so desperate for a sprawling view. Isn't that funny. Carolinians tell me the Rockies feel intimidating compared to the gentle Blue Ridge, and meanwhile I'm made claustrophobic by all the trees. But you are right--perhaps I am edging toward ethnocentrism. And the people I've met here are truly wonderful. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6916416825093476865.post-59911635722110026002013-02-19T11:38:31.093-05:002013-02-19T11:38:31.093-05:00Well, I sure am sorry that the south has hit you l...Well, I sure am sorry that the south has hit you like this. You're right. We've got some real assholes making the laws and enforcing them too and of course, we-the-people (not me, not you but still) support them in doing so. I do not know why. <br />But I have to tell you that in the years that I lived in Colorado (a long time back) I felt penned in by the rockies and bereft for the lack of trees and green and water and I had no idea that people could be and were prejudiced against Mexicans and Native Americans. <br />I was comfortable with what I knew and the new made me distinctly uncomfortable. <br />I think you nailed how it is we live here- we form our own communities. <br />And spring is coming and you will be amazed at how beautiful it is. I am, here in North Florida, every year despite the fact that I've lived here for almost forty years. Take what you can get and take comfort in that, I guess. And I think that maybe you weren't meant to live in the south. That's okay. Some of us are blessed or cursed with a strong sense of place and we do not thrive when we are removed from where we belong. I do not defend this part of the country. There is much which cannot be defended. And I completely understand why you feel the way you do. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com