tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post4456463282943727148..comments2024-03-13T15:41:33.595-07:00Comments on A Way to Live: By about two feetDoyu Shoninhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-1926876432742925782010-08-05T21:33:49.298-07:002010-08-05T21:33:49.298-07:00>in August??
Umm, no, there's lots of leav...>in August??<br /><br />Umm, no, there's lots of leaves on them, though; good for shade. ;)Doyu Shoninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-28771243483232323092010-08-05T13:37:06.747-07:002010-08-05T13:37:06.747-07:00Mmm, yes. I meant the river trip, not so much the ...Mmm, yes. I meant the river trip, not so much the accidentally-almost-drowning. It is so terribly easy to be dangerously foolish in one careless, distracted moment...<br /> Personally, I am risk averse, more so as I age, and while that prevents some of the stupidities committed in my youth, I must occasionally remind myself that it doesn't do to try to avoid all risk, either. Impossible to do, for one thing, and bad for the character, for another.<br /> You have lilacs blooming in August??<br /> NMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-86943856727063258332010-08-05T09:32:39.013-07:002010-08-05T09:32:39.013-07:00Well, "adventure" means to put something...Well, "adventure" means to put something at risk that you'd just as well not lose. Looking over the edge of a cliff is more exciting than looking over it through a chain-link fence, for that reason. And more fulfilling, ultimately. <br /><br />But I <i>was</i> being foolish. Don't go down the river blind, that's the lesson.Doyu Shoninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148504542232844586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394335.post-56252717450737200292010-08-05T09:13:45.044-07:002010-08-05T09:13:45.044-07:00I am glad you're still with us. What an incred...I am glad you're still with us. What an incredible time you must have had. A good thing to have done, terror and all. The Cowboy sounds like the perfect adventure companion.<br />NMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com