tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84899346298655253.post7691620330971256375..comments2023-11-05T01:10:20.086-07:00Comments on Jane Jones: S.F. Day 3Jane Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03865994081521808548noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84899346298655253.post-90286927145547665562012-01-11T22:07:01.274-08:002012-01-11T22:07:01.274-08:00Not really a shame...to me it's a matter of pr...Not really a shame...to me it's a matter of preference. There was a time when I was downright contemptuous of my own country and considered anything of my own native soil not worth seeing. I was all about foreign countries. <br /><br />Then I went to the Grand Canyon, and I changed my mind.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84899346298655253.post-61892633728231183562012-01-02T09:26:10.020-08:002012-01-02T09:26:10.020-08:00Well, when I was a kid living in White Rock, we wo...Well, when I was a kid living in White Rock, we would do early morning runs across the border to Bellingham for gas, milk, eggs, etc., because it was so close and cheap. <br />And of course we went to Seattle lots, but I can hardly remember it, and we've done lots of camping and hiking in Oregon and Washington, but no big cities. <br />It's a shame, right? And the same for Canada too; I've been all over the world, but hardly seen anything of my own continent and country. Sad.Jane Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865994081521808548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84899346298655253.post-85158073926404877542012-01-01T02:31:32.395-08:002012-01-01T02:31:32.395-08:00I see the Joads whenever I go to Oklahoma (or cent...I see the Joads whenever I go to Oklahoma (or central California). <br /><br />Whoa, waitaminnit. You live in Edmonton and Frisco is the first major American city you've been to? Not Sacramento? Seattle? Spokane? Portland? Butte? Coeur D'Alene? Salt Lake City?<br /><br />It was my favorite game on the Busan subway to look at the other passengers--foreigner and Korean alike--and guess what their destinations, jobs, family life, and ambitions were. Ate up the kilometers, I tell you.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84899346298655253.post-43014819958272657822011-12-31T20:21:19.694-08:002011-12-31T20:21:19.694-08:00YES! And maybe, perhaps because it is the first ma...YES! And maybe, perhaps because it is the first major American city I've been to, but I keep thinking I see Holden Caulfield on every. single. corner. And it is nice, to think of people I catch glimpses of, as if I know their secret livesJane Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865994081521808548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84899346298655253.post-48109683186617586122011-12-31T01:43:00.523-08:002011-12-31T01:43:00.523-08:00I think if J.D. Salinger had ever gotten a look at...I think if J.D. Salinger had ever gotten a look at Haight Ashbury (and perhaps he did) he would've said "Phonies. Every one of 'em, phonies."A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.com