Creek Running North

Hello, Chris.

Thanks. For all of it.

You’re beautiful, you know.

That’s all.

When I was a kid, back in the sixties, I lived in Mojave, CA, in the desert about 90 miles north of LA.

In my elementary school, they showed movies about kit foxes, and kangaroo rats, and torrential rains that came once a year. We could see with our own eyes that those school movies were true.

We thought that meant they would always be true.

We were just little kids.

Have a care.

I only “know” you through a year or two of reading your posts, but somehow I didn’t think you were gone forever. Have a great vacation!

Shorter Chris Clarke:
“Even more than usual, the blogosphere is infested lately with nasty hotheaded imbeciles.
I’m gonna choose to spend my time more intelligently off-line with my loving wife.”

And they say romance is dead!

I couldn’t help but think of you today as I drove up to the Arrival gate at the Albuquerque “Sunport” (yeah, it’s an airport, so who are they kidding?) and the drive was lined with...Joshua trees!  Dozens of them, all in bloom.  So yeah, it’s within the altitudinal range (5500’), but dammit, it’s EAST of the Continental Divide - that’s freakin’ blaspheme!

Other than that, New Mexico is definitely a happening place.  Wish there were Joshuas, but all and all, much better than Oklahoma.

yeah, man...sounds good! enjoy the break. come back rested. good way to take care of your health. good example.

When I read a blogger who claims to hate conflict but is constantly angry, fighting, raging, lecturing, badgering, warring, and throwing tantrums, I figure this is what turns them on.  I used to take on the melodrama and now I can’t be bothered. Life’s too short.

Glad to know you’re still open for bidness. Enjoy your time away from the computer.

Lesley is correct. You complain about the meanness of the internet and yet you areconsistently one of the worst instigators of that meanness. You’re fake introspection doesn’t fool anyone.

Take a really long break, please. The internet is better off without you on it. Why don’t you go backpacking for good.

Unlike anon, I am “fooled”.
Be Easy friend. Take your time and look within for your Peace and Security; Never without.

Huh? That’s not quite how I read Lesley’s comment.

Chris is not “consistently” an instigator. I see him jumping into the fray often, and I’m usually glad of it because he’s “consistently” the best at defending a valid position and also those who are under the worst kind of attack. Anon, it’s your kind of substanceless, faceless whining that has made us all grow weary. You give Parthian shots a bad name.

Chris, I didn’t think you were gone for good (or, more honestly maybe, I hoped you weren’t—I’ve stopped by daily just in case). Take whatever time you need, but please don’t give up on us.

Par•thi•an Shot
Pronunciation: ‘pär-thE-ən ‘shät
Noun phrase: an arrow let fly from a horse’s ass.

Just a note to say hello.

Stepping away from the stupidity always helps me. And I do tend sometimes to voluntarily step back into it for something I care about, then wish I hadn’t, you know?

This is why I love dogs. They’re never bothered by this kind of crap.

Take care.

Please. Maybe you fine people prefer that your politics be one part trashing DKos and three parts cute overloade dead dog stories

There is a war on, and al this identity politics shyte hel;ps Bush. Chris Clarke: Bush supporter.

Stay offline, chris!

SRSLy. STAY OFFLINE.

It took you seven minutes to come up with that? SRSLy, no more PUI.

There is a war on, and al this identity politics shyte hel;ps Bush. Chris Clarke: Bush supporter.

Wow, didn’t know that merely being an Indian (and clearly, since I was working a tribal eleciton, participating in “identity politics") makes me a Bush supporter.  There must have been some wicked voter fraud going on then in Indian Country, since we voted KE04 10 to 1.  Except Chad Smith, of course.

Better get Gonzales on that right away.  Can you mobilize the dKossacks for that campaign?

Oh whew - I didn’t think you were throwing in the towel, but it’s still good to hear it from the source. Have a lovely summer and it would be nice if you check in from time to time if you feel like it. I’ll be checking from this end.  I’m in Tennessee for the summer and beautiful as the Smokies are, a big part of me is heartsick for the left coast. Loved the idea of getting a tour of Pinole Creek - made me laugh. Thanks for that, and for being so generous with your self and your time for so much of the time.

a kick in the pants to anon who misinterpreted my comment and used it to abuse Chris. 

[rolls eyes] there’s no getting away from the idiots.

Here’s the thing: Lesley’s comment paralleled some of the self-criticism I’ve been engaging in, and I even sent her an email saying so kinda obliquely.

But even were that her intent: Lesley can say things like that to me, especially given her thoughtfulness and flexibility in a previous iteration of this blogspat, which impressed me to no end.

And anon cannot be said to be “abusing” me any more than a basset puppy gumming my ankle and growling could be said to be “attacking” me. The whole encounter is amusing, if spittle-flecked enough to make me look forward to a shower.

ok, then.  have a good shower, and a good rest.  please give thistle a little rub behind the ears for me.

Thanks for being kind enough to stop by my place and send Ilyka over. You’re a gent.

I hope you enjoy the walks, the writing and the company - have a great summer.

Chris - long time lurker who is SO happy you aren’t going away for good! Whew! Was sweating it there for a little while!

Have a great summer, hope to see you around once in a while, but have a good break from blogging. I look forward to seeing more from you in the future!

Longer “anon:” I don’t like what you have to say.  If you don’t stop writing altogether, someone else might read what you have to say and might agree with part of it.  This would threaten my place in the world and undermine my already sharply limited capacity to understand things.  Therefore, you must stop writing.

Chris, enjoy the weather, time with your wife, and life in general.  Be well.