tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post8136116097913468541..comments2024-03-29T04:06:21.363-07:00Comments on Prairiebreak: Life sucksPanayoti Kelaidishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-41649615897231321772014-01-18T11:36:15.321-08:002014-01-18T11:36:15.321-08:00I look forward to reading that memoir one day: my ...I look forward to reading that memoir one day: my too few visits to Oklahoma have impressed me with the magnificence of the landscape there. Many of America's greatest horticulturists live there, or came from there (J.C. Raulston, Alan Tower, Steve Bieberich leap to mind). And of course, OK borders on CO--so it will resonate for me as well! Keep me in the loop, Benjamin!Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-21028155590362217972014-01-15T14:03:00.717-08:002014-01-15T14:03:00.717-08:00I'm working on a memoir right now about my fam...I'm working on a memoir right now about my family's settling in 1894 Oklahoma. The whole thing is about the frontier, prairie ecosystem, Cheyenny culture, Mennonites culture, the collisions of cultures human and non -- trains, sooners, boomers, oil, outlaw gangs. I hope it's a Silent Spring for the prairie. I hate seeing lesser prairie chickens and Texas horned lizards vanish. I hated OK as a child, but as I come back to it as an adult with all this eco theology and deep ecology spinning in my head, something changes. The wheat fields below the Wichita Mountains are the agony of our species disconnected from home. We are homeless on the prairie. Benjamin Vogthttp://deepmiddle.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-62108475494916330532014-01-06T19:30:45.116-08:002014-01-06T19:30:45.116-08:00Very sensible, Anonymous: I appreciate your wisdom...Very sensible, Anonymous: I appreciate your wisdom.Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-53110337604967646312014-01-05T23:49:43.737-08:002014-01-05T23:49:43.737-08:00But just think if Joe Truett had never lived or ha... But just think if Joe Truett had never lived or had never written any of these works!! " a man (or woman) is remembered by the good deeds and acts of kindness he performs in his life " from the Talmud "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-26900408964660184992013-12-30T19:03:03.573-08:002013-12-30T19:03:03.573-08:00I'm sure I will...I feel that I'm over the...I'm sure I will...I feel that I'm over the hump! Colds are nature's way of reminding us who's boss!Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-72201112974441201752013-12-30T16:56:26.079-08:002013-12-30T16:56:26.079-08:00I hope you feel better soon.
Sincerely,
JamesI hope you feel better soon.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-59724772704212842562013-12-30T15:27:21.200-08:002013-12-30T15:27:21.200-08:00Very well put, James: if I didn't have the dre...Very well put, James: if I didn't have the dregs of a head cold I would do just that! You are so right about how much we go through life losing--and there usually is a silver lining. However much we lose, we seem to ignore or overlook at what we win, don't we? I shall look for that lining it in the late afternoon sun over the Rockies!Panayoti Kelaidishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846898350006673316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134648325048818615.post-15074451671175068822013-12-30T15:09:57.412-08:002013-12-30T15:09:57.412-08:00Hi Panayoti, I think you have a mistake in the ti...Hi Panayoti, I think you have a mistake in the title of your post. It is not “life” that is bad. It is loss that is bad. I expect losing your own life is the worst of all. I am grateful that I have not yet experience that loss. However, I do have some experience with loss. In fact, I have lost many things. <br /><br />I have lost relatives. I have lost people’s respect. I have lost out in love, and was lucky for it. I have lost jobs. I have lost opportunities. I have lost lots of money, yet I still buy the occasional lotto ticket. I have lost pride. I have lost my keys. I have lost an uncountable number of games to my young son. :) And like you, I have lost the privilege to knowing people I admired before they had passed away.<br /> <br />However, the dreary days of winter are not the time to remember great people. This is my prescription for you. Go outside and get some exercise. Snowshoeing or cross country skiing would be good. I built an igloo to stay active. Finally, I have found a way for people to admire my garden in winter! Next, take a long soak in a hot tub. Finally, return to your blog and write something positive. People need happy thoughts after enduring “the most wonderful time of the year.” lol<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com