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Ocean-longing

Jan 17, 2014 17:00

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bodgei January 18 2014, 18:39:43 UTC

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Your link worked! tree_lady January 19 2014, 21:56:39 UTC

That is some swell! I would love to feel that wave drench me BUT only if I were firmly secured to something! Do you remember storm waves like this when you lived there?
BTW, I have always known about your Massachusetts roots but I always thought that you lived in a Boston suburb. Or is Revere actually a Boston suburb? Blush.

I appreciate learning that Seabird is on your Audible wish list. If you do get the audio version, please tell me what you think.

Thanks for responding!
SherryT

Re: Your link worked! bodgei January 19 2014, 23:26:49 UTC

Well it was snowing when that pic was taken. I was never down at the beach when we were having a storm bad enough to cover the whole beach and breach the seawall.

Yeah, Revere is a Boston suburbs.

I will let you know

Re: Your link worked! tree_lady January 20 2014, 01:53:26 UTC

Wow. So that's ice and snow on the left? Of course it is! Duh. You DID say winter storm, didn't you?
In that case, I'm stating officially that I do NOT want to have that wave washing over me!
Also, I will try harder next time to "read with comprehension", as they used to say.

For anyone who would rather be less ignorant than I am, I offer the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revere,_Massachusetts

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Re: Siren song of the sea tree_lady January 19 2014, 22:23:32 UTC

Thank you, Xanthorpe ( ... )

Re: Siren song of the sea tree_lady January 20 2014, 15:37:06 UTC

Hi again, X!
You wrote, "the call of the wild - the mountains, the forests, the valleys..."

I neglected to say earlier that, if I couldn't live by the ocean* my next choice would be those forests. Not all by myself, mind! But perhaps in a small town or a village** just within or on a border. LOVE trees! (Hence that upcoming title, Tree House Tales). And I love animals!

Now I'm writing footnotes in comments...

*...and well actually I can't

** Remember a certain forest in Seabird?

*** The photo above is of the Delaware Water Gap, taken in the fall, not quite a million years ago.

Hometowns anonymous January 20 2014, 09:47:52 UTC

Thanks for the thoughts. The closest I've ever had to a hometown is Austin, TX where I attended high school. But I grew up in so many TX cities, it would be more appropriate to claim the whole state and be done with it. :)

But if I had my choice of places to live out the rest of my life, Austin isn't high on the list. An ocean or mountains would be great. Where I'm at in the TX hill country is pretty good too.

Re: Hometowns tree_lady January 20 2014, 15:25:38 UTC

Hi. Mr,Mrs,Ms Anonymous.

Oceans or mountains. I'm reminded of one I was a kid and everyone in our extended family wanted to vacation at the shore. Except my maternal grandfather who loved the mountains. He was both strong-willed and vocal so we occasionally ended up in the Poconos. Nothing against people who want to live in the mountains but.... Well, blah. (Sorry.)

I've never been to Texas. A few years before I retired, I actually considered moving there, sight-unseen, because of the huge difference in cost of living between here and places like El Paso. Then one day, it occurred to me that a desert is not entirely completely unlike an ocean.

Forgive me, but do I know you from elsewhere? In any case, you're most welcome! thanks for your response!
SherryT