http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown Traveling through the years gives one just as much to say as logging many miles out there on the road. And, when you've done both, welllll, that really adds up. It's 72 & counting! Pop on over to my personal blogsite at heyboomers.com, someday. I'm a world-class backpacker, but I'm not on the road all the time. At home, I write and philosophize. So, why don't you just grab a cup of tea and join me any time! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, I put this question to The Holy Spirit. Here's what He said: Down Here on Earth, there seems to be a line drawn in the sand about whether God/an Intelligent Mind/Intelligent Design is responsible for all of this; or whether simple, random evolution resulted in life and reality on this ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/creationism-vs-evolution.html (Continued... check the three previous posts for the beginning of this story) I thought that title would get you! This is the final installment of my story of the stuffed lynx and the taxidermied bust of an antelope, which occupied the retail store at the Snowmass Village, Colorado, ski mall, where ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/chatting-with-two-dead-co-workers.html (Continued...) My last two posts have been taken from a 2003 journal entry, written in Snowmass Village, Colorado, when I worked in a fancy retail store at the ski-slope Mall. The topic was think-talking with inanimate objects. Here, at last, is the actual conversation with the two animals who shared the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/my-conversation-with-a-lynx.html (Continued from last post) I lived in Snowmass Village, Colorado, and in its nearby neighbor, Aspen, Colorado, for about nine years before moving to Florida. This episode occurred in March, 2003, while I was working in a beautiful, high-end store in the Snowmass Village Mall, right on the ski slopes. I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/talking-to-stuffed-animals.html A few years ago, I lived in the gorgeous Rocky Mountain Colorado resort area of Aspen and Snowmass Village and worked in a beautiful store in the Snowmass Mall overlooking the ski slopes. When snow was light on the ground, sometimes there weren't very many shoppers and I had downtime ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/can-one-converse-with-inanimate-objects.html Writer's Rock & Roll, of course! That's what I have. Here's what it does: Makes you want to spend all your time writing new stuff, rather than doting on the old stuff. (Yes, yes, I realize I have been feeding you my oldies but goodies, here seemingly contradicting myself. ) ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/quick-whats-the-opposite-of-writers-block.html For many posts now, I have been relying upon my journal of old writings which are finally able to see the light of day, thanks to this blog. These have been on the woo-woo side. Or, had you noticed? I figured that they would be much more interesting than blog-style reports ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/newly-november-and-all-is-well-and-woo-woo-wins.html (Continued...) Humanity Mankind's only hope is flight and he must learn it after take-off. If only he could fly... That eagle soaring toward him could serenely take the canyon rim, and wheel and turn above it, without a thought of rocks below. How did she do it? Subdued by desperation, Humanity Mankind reconfigures... a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/humanity-mankind-comes-of-age-part-vii.html (Continued...) Loft was bought by deeds like this. A little loft kept Humanity Mankind from sinking further; but many deeds and many prayers were needed, for the leaden elements were in a state of panic. They sensed the end and strove to win the moment for themselves. If there was to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/when-in-freefall-follow-the-instructions-oh-humanity-manklutz-part-vi.html (Continued...) Skin's small voice was shouted down. The runner ran. But, skin is a rather omnipresent organ whose chief function is embrace. It owns the treasure of touch and cuts through all domains and principalities, covering all alike. A notice hit its network. As the message was sent by synapse to every ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/lindajbrown/when-the-rubber-stops-meeting-the-roads-for-humanity-mankind-part-v.html