Comments on: Hitting the Dusty Trail http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/ One Writer Mom. One Teen Kid. One Brilliant Australian Shepherd. One Comical Border Collie Mix. One Dog in a Maine Coon Cat's Body. And Latest to the Party -- One Cuddly Cavalier. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:28:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Karen http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-135042 Karen Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:17:00 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-135042 <strong>Nita</strong>, I love the look of the Pacific Northwest. And a temperate climate is something I hope to get to experience someday. From all the photos you share, I could easily be happy on your spot. But more importantly, how lucky for you that you are fully happy there! <strong>Michelle</strong>, I agree. Each place has something that makes it unique and special. And while I do my best to "bloom where I'm planted," I've been lucky enough or cursed enough to have discovered that special place that makes my soul bloom. <strong>Deb</strong>, I also really love the four seasons. I don't think I'd be very happy without a Fall to look forward to. But I really do understand what you mean about the desert. While I couldn't take the heat or the overall landscape for very long, I had one of my most powerful spiritual experiences in the Arizona desert. There's something very cleansing about it. Nita, I love the look of the Pacific Northwest. And a temperate climate is something I hope to get to experience someday. From all the photos you share, I could easily be happy on your spot. But more importantly, how lucky for you that you are fully happy there!

Michelle, I agree. Each place has something that makes it unique and special. And while I do my best to “bloom where I’m planted,” I’ve been lucky enough or cursed enough to have discovered that special place that makes my soul bloom.

Deb, I also really love the four seasons. I don’t think I’d be very happy without a Fall to look forward to. But I really do understand what you mean about the desert. While I couldn’t take the heat or the overall landscape for very long, I had one of my most powerful spiritual experiences in the Arizona desert. There’s something very cleansing about it.

]]> By: Deb http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-135034 Deb Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:26:35 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-135034 I like woods and four seasons for my day-to-day life. However, I will never forget the expansion I experienced on landing in Phoenix last year. I can't take its summer heat but I felt so unshackled there and that is so rare for me. I like woods and four seasons for my day-to-day life. However, I will never forget the expansion I experienced on landing in Phoenix last year. I can’t take its summer heat but I felt so unshackled there and that is so rare for me.

]]> By: Michelle O'Neil http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-135018 Michelle O'Neil Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:01:18 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-135018 Hope you are enjoying your trip! Hope you are enjoying your trip!

]]> By: Michelle O'Neil http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-135017 Michelle O'Neil Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:00:53 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-135017 Though I see beauty everywhere I go, I don't think I have yet found my "place." Something to look forward to. Though I see beauty everywhere I go, I don’t think I have yet found my “place.”

Something to look forward to.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-134989 Elizabeth Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:14:52 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-134989 Well, if you do come here, you would be well advised to live in the mountains up near the Tennessee border...beautiful and cooler...and probably a bit less humid. There is very little "good walking weather" here...the humidity just sucks the life out of you. We finally got a walking machine as we realized we are never going to have enough GOOD weather to walk enough to do our health any good and because of troubles with the heat pump last month, we got an A/C that also has a dehumidifying control...and we run that a lot...you would be amazed at how much water it collects!! The first less than 24 hours we used it, about 6 gallons of water were collected!! Unbelievable!! But even where we are, it is indeed beautiful year around!! Elizabeth Well, if you do come here, you would be well advised to live in the mountains up near the Tennessee border…beautiful and cooler…and probably a bit less humid. There is very little “good walking weather” here…the humidity just sucks the life out of you. We finally got a walking machine as we realized we are never going to have enough GOOD weather to walk enough to do our health any good and because of troubles with the heat pump last month, we got an A/C that also has a dehumidifying control…and we run that a lot…you would be amazed at how much water it collects!! The first less than 24 hours we used it, about 6 gallons of water were collected!! Unbelievable!! But even where we are, it is indeed beautiful year around!!
Elizabeth

]]> By: Throwback at Trapper Creek http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-134983 Throwback at Trapper Creek Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:03:27 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-134983 My favorite place is right where I am at - Pacific Northwest Forest, with some clearings! LOL the big sky and open areas make me claustrophobic, my daughter thinks I am crazy though, even after showing her Timothy Egan's words to that effect, describing how the land felt in the Southern Plains during the Dust Bowl years. :) Have a great time! My favorite place is right where I am at – Pacific Northwest Forest, with some clearings! LOL the big sky and open areas make me claustrophobic, my daughter thinks I am crazy though, even after showing her Timothy Egan’s words to that effect, describing how the land felt in the Southern Plains during the Dust Bowl years. :)

Have a great time!

]]> By: Karen http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-134982 Karen Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:35:28 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-134982 "OK…..I need to go back….now!" That makes two of us! “OK…..I need to go back….now!”

That makes two of us!

]]> By: Cindy http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-134979 Cindy Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:10:35 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-134979 Oh yes....the Cliffs of Moher, I have a precious picture of my then five year-old daughter standing with the cliffs as a backdrop (ha ha...back DROP literally!) and her hair is blowing and the sun is on her face. Such a cherished picture! I was able to take my mother's ashes and place them in a brook that took them on to the Irish sea. Now that was a day to remember! It was in Glendalough in County Wicklow, right near the 5th century tower that has stood as guardian over that sacred place for centuries. My Irish heritage comes to me from my Da.....his family was from Cork. OK.....I need to go back....now! Oh yes….the Cliffs of Moher, I have a precious picture of my then five year-old daughter standing with the cliffs as a backdrop (ha ha…back DROP literally!) and her hair is blowing and the sun is on her face. Such a cherished picture! I was able to take my mother’s ashes and place them in a brook that took them on to the Irish sea. Now that was a day to remember! It was in Glendalough in County Wicklow, right near the 5th century tower that has stood as guardian over that sacred place for centuries. My Irish heritage comes to me from my Da…..his family was from Cork. OK…..I need to go back….now!

]]> By: Karen http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-134973 Karen Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:06:09 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-134973 <strong>Cindy</strong>, did you ever make it over to the Cliffs of Moher? Now there's a spot that will knock you right out of your shoes. Aye, the gypsy in us for sure! : ) Cindy, did you ever make it over to the Cliffs of Moher? Now there’s a spot that will knock you right out of your shoes. Aye, the gypsy in us for sure! : )

]]> By: Cindy http://karenshanley.com/blog/2009/09/hitting-the-dusty-trail/comment-page-1/#comment-134972 Cindy Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:20:15 +0000 http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=2177#comment-134972 I just had to comment again about....The Burren! I have been there four times and each time I experienced a shift in my being. I could feel the presence of those who lived before in that stark and wild place. The Burren in all her wild and laid-bare beauty allowed me to meet myself for the first time. On my first visit I was completely struck with the recognition that I had been there before, and while I am uncertain about reincarnation, I definitely "knew" I had been there once upon a time...somehow. I'm with you Karen, I could spend the rest of my life in Western Ireland. Another siren call for me I know I will answer again. Aye, it's that gypsy spirit in us, eh lass? I just had to comment again about….The Burren! I have been there four times and each time I experienced a shift in my being. I could feel the presence of those who lived before in that stark and wild place. The Burren in all her wild and laid-bare beauty allowed me to meet myself for the first time. On my first visit I was completely struck with the recognition that I had been there before, and while I am uncertain about reincarnation, I definitely “knew” I had been there once upon a time…somehow. I’m with you Karen, I could spend the rest of my life in Western Ireland. Another siren call for me I know I will answer again. Aye, it’s that gypsy spirit in us, eh lass?

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