Thanks for the David Hockney reference! He appears in my Beatles research a fair amount.
Food always tastes better outside and cooked over a campfire. (And also for some reason on a stick.)
Sleep is always better outside, too.
Wrightwood is such a cool little town. I really wanted to spend more time -- and perhaps buy a little cabin and move up into -- the mountains north of LA, but somehow life didn't turn out that way.
Why did you get a library card for a town you don't live in? Inquiring minds want to know.
I was going to respond that you still could move to Wrightwood, but then it occurred to me that that would make your travels abroad a lot more tiring.
As far as why I got a library card in Wrightwood, it's because Wrightwood is part of the San Bernardino County library system and any California resident can get a library card at any County library system in California. But the more specific reason, beyond just that I can, is that it increases the size of the digital collection available to me. More library cards equals more choices! 😁
This is going to sound insane after all of my bitching about having to leave the West Coast, but it would take a lot to get me to go back now. Not for the travel situation, which isn't probably all that much different from here, but because of the heat and the wildfires. I really really love not having to worry about wildfires.
And honestly, I'm pretty happy away from the culture of the West Coast. I don't think in the states I'd want to live anywhere, but New England now.
Plus I like living virtually as close as it is possible to get to Liverpool from the United States, as the crow flies. 🎸
I still love Vermont, but I haven't been there since I moved here. I thought it would be a fast easy trip because New England's so tiny, but it's actually not. So it's in my thoughts, but not in reality.
It's also not on an edge, and that turns out to matter for me. I like being on the edge of the country and the edge of the continent. And the edge of the world...
Mostly though I think I do better with the cranky, iconoclastic culture of Maine, with all its weirdness, than I would in the more homogenous Topanga-like culture of Vermont. I need a bit more edge, and Vermont is lovely becasue it's very soft. But as you go further into New England, from MA to VT to NH to ME, the "leave us the fuck alone with all of your #*(@" vibe gets stronger and stronger. I think I like being on the far edge of that curve.
I don't like that Maine is the whitest and older state in the country by demographic. Had I known that, I might have hesitated more. I miss the diversity big time (not to mention being thousands of miles from an actual enchilada or decent bowl of pho), but I like the diversity of opinion, even if a lot of that opinion (on both sides) is batshit nuts. I like not being the oddest one in the room.
Okay, I now need to rethink our friendship completely. 🤔Raisin Bran is the moldly box at the back of the cupboard that one only eats if there's none of the real stuff left.... I didn't think anyone actually liked the stuff!
super sweet - glad you had a good time together. I've recently taken up zumba, which is fun, & jump rope, which is fun and gets more of a workout in far less time than running
Hopefully those work out for you (pun intended)! I was going to say that jumping rope sounds a bit boring since you're staying in the same place. But burpees have the same problem except you're falling down in and getting up in place.
but burpees seem a lot harder, no? then there's planking... another dull thing -- but with all these, I guess the idea is that you don't have to do any of them that long. in my case, I jump rope in between zumba songs. even just a handful of jumps a day is said to make a difference, so the rest are gravy lol
Yeah, burpees are a lot harder. I've started on them at home at random times. It takes me a couple of minutes to do 15 but I'm breathing hard afterwards! If I push until I can't do any more, my max would probably be like 20. Burpees are annoyingly simple and strenuous. I wish they didn't exist.
Thanks for the David Hockney reference! He appears in my Beatles research a fair amount.
Food always tastes better outside and cooked over a campfire. (And also for some reason on a stick.)
Sleep is always better outside, too.
Wrightwood is such a cool little town. I really wanted to spend more time -- and perhaps buy a little cabin and move up into -- the mountains north of LA, but somehow life didn't turn out that way.
Why did you get a library card for a town you don't live in? Inquiring minds want to know.
I was going to respond that you still could move to Wrightwood, but then it occurred to me that that would make your travels abroad a lot more tiring.
As far as why I got a library card in Wrightwood, it's because Wrightwood is part of the San Bernardino County library system and any California resident can get a library card at any County library system in California. But the more specific reason, beyond just that I can, is that it increases the size of the digital collection available to me. More library cards equals more choices! 😁
This is going to sound insane after all of my bitching about having to leave the West Coast, but it would take a lot to get me to go back now. Not for the travel situation, which isn't probably all that much different from here, but because of the heat and the wildfires. I really really love not having to worry about wildfires.
And honestly, I'm pretty happy away from the culture of the West Coast. I don't think in the states I'd want to live anywhere, but New England now.
Plus I like living virtually as close as it is possible to get to Liverpool from the United States, as the crow flies. 🎸
How do you feel about Vermont?
I still love Vermont, but I haven't been there since I moved here. I thought it would be a fast easy trip because New England's so tiny, but it's actually not. So it's in my thoughts, but not in reality.
It's also not on an edge, and that turns out to matter for me. I like being on the edge of the country and the edge of the continent. And the edge of the world...
Mostly though I think I do better with the cranky, iconoclastic culture of Maine, with all its weirdness, than I would in the more homogenous Topanga-like culture of Vermont. I need a bit more edge, and Vermont is lovely becasue it's very soft. But as you go further into New England, from MA to VT to NH to ME, the "leave us the fuck alone with all of your #*(@" vibe gets stronger and stronger. I think I like being on the far edge of that curve.
I don't like that Maine is the whitest and older state in the country by demographic. Had I known that, I might have hesitated more. I miss the diversity big time (not to mention being thousands of miles from an actual enchilada or decent bowl of pho), but I like the diversity of opinion, even if a lot of that opinion (on both sides) is batshit nuts. I like not being the oddest one in the room.
Your camping fare is more sophisticated than anything I would ever cook!
It's not a very high bar, though, is it?
Me (in a perfect world with no nutritional considerations):
1. Pork and beans
2. mac and cheese
3. smores
4. some nice edibles
5. fruit loops
I agree with all of that except the fruit loops. I'm meh about them.
I'd happily substitute Lucky Charms or Sugar Corn Pops, if that suits.
Thank you for your generosity! It'd be Raisin Bran for me.
Okay, I now need to rethink our friendship completely. 🤔Raisin Bran is the moldly box at the back of the cupboard that one only eats if there's none of the real stuff left.... I didn't think anyone actually liked the stuff!
True dat!
super sweet - glad you had a good time together. I've recently taken up zumba, which is fun, & jump rope, which is fun and gets more of a workout in far less time than running
Hopefully those work out for you (pun intended)! I was going to say that jumping rope sounds a bit boring since you're staying in the same place. But burpees have the same problem except you're falling down in and getting up in place.
but burpees seem a lot harder, no? then there's planking... another dull thing -- but with all these, I guess the idea is that you don't have to do any of them that long. in my case, I jump rope in between zumba songs. even just a handful of jumps a day is said to make a difference, so the rest are gravy lol
Yeah, burpees are a lot harder. I've started on them at home at random times. It takes me a couple of minutes to do 15 but I'm breathing hard afterwards! If I push until I can't do any more, my max would probably be like 20. Burpees are annoyingly simple and strenuous. I wish they didn't exist.