tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post113091773121760641..comments2023-10-10T10:09:48.794-05:00Comments on Letting me be . . . random wondering and philosophy: The Steps to the Grand Canyon"ME" Liz Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1131040033404014692005-11-03T11:47:00.000-06:002005-11-03T11:47:00.000-06:00Laughint and grinning with you is a fund thing for...Laughint and grinning with you is a fund thing for both of us this Thursday. YEA!"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1131036462344193442005-11-03T10:47:00.000-06:002005-11-03T10:47:00.000-06:00I'm positively grinning. :o)I'm positively grinning. :o)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1131026426211158492005-11-03T08:00:00.000-06:002005-11-03T08:00:00.000-06:00Hey there, Cheerful Liza Doolite,I have no worries...Hey there, Cheerful Liza Doolite,<BR/>I have no worries that we can both hold our own.<BR/><BR/>I think we should just go in a room and argue over who writes better. :)<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1131026321517768772005-11-03T07:58:00.000-06:002005-11-03T07:58:00.000-06:00Doh! I'm blushing as bright as a poppy. I think we...Doh! I'm blushing as bright as a poppy. I think we both can hold our own. :o)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130988467222358722005-11-02T21:27:00.000-06:002005-11-02T21:27:00.000-06:00Easy,The way you write? You can write circles arou...Easy,<BR/>The way you write? You can write circles around this. You just need to relax for a while and let the words tell you what to say. Read Philosophy and Joe Walsh. You are a better writer than I am.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130987989953163722005-11-02T21:19:00.000-06:002005-11-02T21:19:00.000-06:00Probably for more than just days Liz. You have wri...Probably for more than just days Liz. You have written what I wish I could.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130986074742512562005-11-02T20:47:00.000-06:002005-11-02T20:47:00.000-06:00Good evening, Scot,So good to see you here again.T...Good evening, Scot,<BR/>So good to see you here again.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for being here to share with me my trip up to the Grand Canyon. Especially, thanks for sharing how you reacted to those two sentences. Your insights help me understand how readers hear what I am saying.<BR/><BR/>There's a hole when you're not around.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130985841704654892005-11-02T20:44:00.000-06:002005-11-02T20:44:00.000-06:00Evening Liz,A very satisfying read. I especially l...Evening Liz,<BR/><BR/>A very satisfying read. I especially like the thought expressed in this sentence: "People react differently when they stand before something so beyond comprehension." But more than that, I love the imagery you create with careful descriptive details ("About a half hour outside of Flagstaff, we had to give up the sky.") that gives me a real sense of being on that trip, the ride in the car, the stop at the store, and the final arrival at "the steps." <BR/>ScotAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130984949807357002005-11-02T20:29:00.000-06:002005-11-02T20:29:00.000-06:00Hi Easy,I am so complimented that you would rememb...Hi Easy,<BR/>I am so complimented that you would remember something I wrote for days. Thank your for saying that.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130984699384645662005-11-02T20:24:00.000-06:002005-11-02T20:24:00.000-06:00That sounds like the most amazing experience. I ha...That sounds like the most amazing experience. I have favorite lines in this post, I will be thinking of them for days I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130968855555038592005-11-02T16:00:00.000-06:002005-11-02T16:00:00.000-06:00Hey TM,70 years, that's a landmark. I bet he's got...Hey TM,<BR/>70 years, that's a landmark. I bet he's got some good stories to tell. What am I saying? I'm not all that too far from it myself.<BR/><BR/>I have to go out for a while, but I'll come over to check it out.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130968678797793352005-11-02T15:57:00.000-06:002005-11-02T15:57:00.000-06:00I'll definitely write about what it felt like. I ...I'll definitely write about what it felt like. I alluded to it briefly in a piece I wrote for my dad's 70th birthday this year here:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.penguinhosting.net/~toadman/dad.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.penguinhosting.net/~toadman/dad.html</A>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130968223473506942005-11-02T15:50:00.000-06:002005-11-02T15:50:00.000-06:00Hi Toadmaster,Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Wow. Wh...Hi Toadmaster,<BR/>Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Wow. What an experience that must have been. I'll be over to read that. Make sure you put in what it felt like. :)<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130968099931283642005-11-02T15:48:00.000-06:002005-11-02T15:48:00.000-06:00I had a very similar experience on top of Mt. Kili...I had a very similar experience on top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. I'll be writing about it soon in my Africa series over at my LiveJournal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130963317164688952005-11-02T14:28:00.000-06:002005-11-02T14:28:00.000-06:00Thank Tree, It's kind of hard to deny that the can...Thank Tree, <BR/>It's kind of hard to deny that the canyon is a sign of something way bigger than me. :)<BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130962998474784642005-11-02T14:23:00.000-06:002005-11-02T14:23:00.000-06:00"because it's a giant sign that says, "God was her..."because it's a giant sign that says, "God was here."'<BR/><BR/>Liz, that one phrase was worth the price of admission. Beautiful imagery. :-)Tréehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742129819547567342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130938112035742782005-11-02T07:28:00.000-06:002005-11-02T07:28:00.000-06:00Good morning, Liz,It is a most inspiring place, th...Good morning, Liz,<BR/>It is a most inspiring place, the Grand Canyon. One cannot help but be taken by what you find there and be remolded in some way by the xxperience of having seen it. If <BR/>God is in the deetails. This is one very large detail, because it's a giant sign that says, "God was here."<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130937859585597192005-11-02T07:24:00.000-06:002005-11-02T07:24:00.000-06:00That's cool. I really would like to visit the Gran...That's cool. I really would like to visit the Grand Canyon someday. Stand at the edge and just marvel at those rocks and the deep valleys.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130933778032750512005-11-02T06:16:00.000-06:002005-11-02T06:16:00.000-06:00Good morning, JenniferYeah, I know what you mean. ...Good morning, Jennifer<BR/>Yeah, I know what you mean. I like that sense I found. . . . that I was . . . "filled and owned by a whole new vocabulary." <BR/><BR/>Imagine if high school English teachers could take kids there, how much easier teaching vocabularly would be.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14775685.post-1130933392336778902005-11-02T06:09:00.000-06:002005-11-02T06:09:00.000-06:00Two years ago my friend and I took a trip through ...Two years ago my friend and I took a trip through AZ. The Grand Canyon was the last stop on our trip thru AZ. Oh man I'd been there as a kid, but going back as an adult! Oh it was so amazing. My friend and I spent the first night there sitting on a ledge watching the sunset. It was one of those sights, moments, I'll never forget.<BR/><BR/>How do you put in words something so amazing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com