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[mamculuna]

So many good things lately. Best was a kayak paddle in a swamp near Charleston--a perfect bright clear day, no bugs, no leaves, just dark water and silver trees that rose high and slender but spread at the bottoms, like a whole ballroom full of elegant ladies in trumpet skirts. And my friend's son, a naturalist/historian, knew so many fascinating

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[cornerofmadness]

yay for good writing.

And I think I'd like to meet your friend's son. I might not be up for kayaking around but I'd love to hear the history or the area.

[mamculuna]

It is very fascinating to learn about the area. It's very old, for the New World--though I've been realizing that the French settlements in North American in Canada and the Midwest are also very old.

[cornerofmadness]

They are old. I don't particularly like Florida but one place I do like is St Augustine and it's for the history that I like it

[mamculuna]

Canada has some really old stuff, too. But did you know that the Spanish had a fort and village in SC that was older than St. Augustine, though abandoned and never built up later? Santa Elena was near what's now Parris Island, and San Miguel de Gualdape was another, actually the first European settlement in the continental US in 1526, near where our house at the beach is located.

[cornerofmadness]

I'd like to see some of the Canadian stuff

Actually I did not know that. thanks for the links. The video won't play here (damn you slow internet, so I'll watch at work) That's really interesting.