tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post6387300276563406937..comments2024-01-03T19:02:28.070-08:00Comments on oodles of funch: BIG SURAnanda girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-30097812940954943672009-04-29T04:39:00.000-07:002009-04-29T04:39:00.000-07:00Churlita-- Humbolt and Mendocino ("Mendocino, Mend...Churlita-- Humbolt and Mendocino ("Mendocino, Mendocino...where life's such a gas... it'll blow your mind in a moment" -- Sir Douglas Quintet). California is full of beauty isn't it? Both very lovely places. Humbolt "the pot capitol of the world" is what they used to call it. Ha. I almost went to college there but I met a guy who gave me a bad case of stupid.<br />I'm so glad someone else recalls Braughtigan! I should have known it would be you.Ananda girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-76895221628958673322009-04-28T21:10:00.000-07:002009-04-28T21:10:00.000-07:00I've never been to Big Sur. I've always wanted to ...I've never been to Big Sur. I've always wanted to go, though. I have read a bunch of Braughtigan. I read a lot of his stuff when I lived in a little town called Leggett, Ca. On the border between Mendocino and Humboldt Counties.Churlitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05018288474865559384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-35386096861062275122009-04-28T18:40:00.000-07:002009-04-28T18:40:00.000-07:00All-- Wow. I expected someone else to go hey... I...All-- Wow. I expected someone else to go hey... I used to read Braughtigan! Cool beans.<br /><br />I don't know how timely his novels would be now, but I'd reread them. They were different. But so is Vonnegut, or John Irving and that's why I love them. If we were all the same it would be a crap world. I want the roller coaster, not a walk through the park. I want surprise and to suddenly have to gasp for breath and maybe even have a good hard cry. :-)Ananda girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-43572088935000943672009-04-28T18:35:00.000-07:002009-04-28T18:35:00.000-07:00Citizen-- Oh good others who have been there. It s...Citizen-- Oh good others who have been there. It seems a shame to have it unnoticed. But then I suppose if too many notice, it will not stay nice.Ananda girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-51180105772408950362009-04-28T18:12:00.000-07:002009-04-28T18:12:00.000-07:00We used to spend some time in the Big Sur area whe...We used to spend some time in the Big Sur area when I was a kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-61867226642526598632009-04-28T09:22:00.000-07:002009-04-28T09:22:00.000-07:00dmarks-- It's a great place that anyone would fall...dmarks-- It's a great place that anyone would fall in love with. That twisting highway in the Hitchcock movie The Birds...That drive from Monterey to San Francisco goes right through Big Sur. I hope you are lucky enough to visit it someday.Ananda girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-50078667142399958792009-04-28T08:32:00.000-07:002009-04-28T08:32:00.000-07:00Very informative. It's one place I'd hardly ever h...Very informative. It's one place I'd hardly ever heard of, and the only idea of location I had before was "probably California".dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-20374358822156102132009-04-28T07:31:00.000-07:002009-04-28T07:31:00.000-07:00Cube--Thanks for the link and a new author.
I thi...Cube--Thanks for the link and a new author. <br />I think sometimes people are writers for the same reason that some folk over-drink. Sort of a self-medication... a therapudic way expressing those demons and fears and the hope that someone else will understand.Ananda girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-54258740210257784822009-04-28T06:04:00.000-07:002009-04-28T06:04:00.000-07:00Thanks to you, I have added Big Sur to my list of ...Thanks to you, I have added Big Sur to my list of places to visit.<br /><br />And thanks to you, I have added Brautigan to my list of authors to read.<br /><br />It seems like so many of these gifted writers fight personal demons. The author of "Infinite Jest", one of my favorite books, hanged himself last September at age 46. <br /><br /><A HREF="http://cube47.blogspot.com/2008/09/david-foster-wallace-1962-2008.html" REL="nofollow"> David Foster Wallace </A>cubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788126579896276199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-82389756488525465602009-04-28T05:18:00.000-07:002009-04-28T05:18:00.000-07:00Lime--There is something about that ocean air. It ...Lime--There is something about that ocean air. It is an unbelievable place. I'm so glad you got to share in that. Everone should go there at least once in their life.Ananda girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7176829704548523811.post-33822948212742943062009-04-28T04:50:00.000-07:002009-04-28T04:50:00.000-07:00i will have to check his poetry.
big sur is a gor...i will have to check his poetry.<br /><br />big sur is a gorgeous place. i had the best nights sleep of my life there by the side of the road, on top of a cliff, on a bed of pine needles, drifting off to sleep to the sound of the ocean.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.com