[Magdalen] Scranton

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

beauty is not quantifiable.  If a scene is awesome, it is unhelpful to say,
"That's nice.  But it's nothing. Have you seen what's in MY backyard?" (And
you built it during what year?) I will definitely look forward to getting a
trip in to enjoy those Ozarks. That is another place that I've heard is
well worth the trip. I am a bit embarrassed to say that even though I've
lived in the Empire State for well over thirty years (YIKES! It's been
forty years), I have not gotten to the Adirondacks
<http://apa.ny.gov/about_park/>.

Could we enjoy the beauty and let go of the need to compare?  I drive up 9G
quite frequently and get a view across the Hudson tidal estuary to look at
the Catskills.  Viewed from such a distance, they are awesome, and they
change with the seasons. On certain days, you can see, high on the mountain
slopes, the gouge lines where the glaciers cut through.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> On 6/21/15 3:04 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>
>> We do not say come to New Paltz and see the mountains, but every so often
>> somebody gets killed trying to climb 'em. Driving to the West outa town,
>> that is one heckuva rift!
>>
>> A guy will not say, "I'm just glad these aren't the Rockies," as he
>> plunges
>> to his death.
>>
>
> Even in my Ozarks, which are truly "rolling hills" compared to the
> Rockies, you can easily get killed trying to climb in the wrong place, say
> a place that is beyond your skills, or you get careless.  I would remind
> you that people can get killed falling down stairs!
>
> Death is not the standard of measurement for mountains.  For that matter,
> neither is altitude, when some mountains rise from a base of a high and
> large plateau, and others rise from sea level itself.
>
> --
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>