Comments on: A Country in Search of the Sea http://pauseforpurpose.com/2008/01/a-country-in-search-of-the-sea/ Slowing down and noticing what’s extraordinary, humorous and meaningful in the everyday. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Susan Alcorn http://pauseforpurpose.com/2008/01/a-country-in-search-of-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 Susan Alcorn Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:34:29 +0000 http://pauseforpurpose.com/?p=253#comment-1575 If I remember correctly, the reason that the people who live on the floating islands of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia originally moved to the islands was that it was safer than living on the land when there were problems with Peru. You've provided some tasty food for thought. I also seldom get to the beach and go infrequently to San Francisco, but I consider both to be major reasons why I love living in the Bay Area. I'm lucky enough to live in the East Bay hills and I often drive along our Skyline Blvd. and Grizzly Peak and can see much of the East Bay, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, and on a clear day, all the way to the Farallones! I never take these views for granted and am always pleased when I see out-of-state visitors in the pull-outs taking photos of the city, the Golden Gate, and sometimes a glorious sunset. Another reason I can't imagine living away from the ocean is that I love the air-conditioning that it provides. When the Central Valley is sweltering with triple-digit temperatures in the summer, it's always a relief to return home and find that the fog over the bay is keeping it much more comfortable here. FOG by Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on." ***** Happy New Year! Backpack45 If I remember correctly, the reason that the people who live on the floating islands of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia originally moved to the islands was that it was safer than living on the land when there were problems with Peru.

You’ve provided some tasty food for thought. I also seldom get to the beach and go infrequently to San Francisco, but I consider both to be major reasons why I love living in the Bay Area. I’m lucky enough to live in the East Bay hills and I often drive along our Skyline Blvd. and Grizzly Peak and can see much of the East Bay, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, and on a clear day, all the way to the Farallones!

I never take these views for granted and am always pleased when I see out-of-state visitors in the pull-outs taking photos of the city, the Golden Gate, and sometimes a glorious sunset.

Another reason I can’t imagine living away from the ocean is that I love the air-conditioning that it provides. When the Central Valley is sweltering with triple-digit temperatures in the summer, it’s always a relief to return home and find that the fog over the bay is keeping it much more comfortable here.

FOG by Carl Sandburg

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.”

*****
Happy New Year!
Backpack45

]]> By: Brenda Grate http://pauseforpurpose.com/2008/01/a-country-in-search-of-the-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 Brenda Grate Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:39:05 +0000 http://pauseforpurpose.com/?p=253#comment-1536 Some interesting history and things to think about. I was born in Santa Rosa and grew up in Southern Calif. and Canada. Sometimes I lived near the sea and other times I didn't, but I always missed it (as I do now) when I was away from it. I think moving around a lot affected my outlook more than having the sea nearby, but I think the sea speaks of possibilities. At least it does to me. It's so vast and unknown (especially to earlier peoples), that it seems to spawn an adventurous way of thinking. Some interesting history and things to think about. I was born in Santa Rosa and grew up in Southern Calif. and Canada. Sometimes I lived near the sea and other times I didn’t, but I always missed it (as I do now) when I was away from it. I think moving around a lot affected my outlook more than having the sea nearby, but I think the sea speaks of possibilities. At least it does to me. It’s so vast and unknown (especially to earlier peoples), that it seems to spawn an adventurous way of thinking.

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