tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post3613007176913557788..comments2024-01-21T03:26:23.301-05:00Comments on Musings: The Art of Pilgrim (a short personal essay and a book review)sagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-61390221722737125842010-10-21T01:22:04.692-04:002010-10-21T01:22:04.692-04:00The pilgrim tends to have a destination whether Ro...The pilgrim tends to have a destination whether Rome or Jim Morrison. And from what you write it seems that he is conflating the central idea in the Pilgrim's Progress where we are all travelling towards God and the actual movement of physical bodies.<br />I think there is a profound difference between that travel that has as a destination a central idea and that which is largely mindless. This is the reason I have and will never go on a 'sun' holiday for Sun Sand Sex and Retsina. No, I'm one of those lunatics that can years later plot the lower site at Delphi. <br /><br />Have you encountered Pausanias.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-40830254911846475942010-10-20T10:57:35.555-04:002010-10-20T10:57:35.555-04:00Ed, no, I remember reading an autobiography he wro...Ed, no, I remember reading an autobiography he wrote years ago... in the early 90s, I was really into his western times, but after writing up my findings in an article that appeared in a historical quarterly, I went on to other things<br /><br />Lynn, Blue Highways is good and I think several of us on here has read it (at least Ed and Randall)<br /><br />Ron, with all the westerners you've read, I can't believe you haven't read Roughing It. Have you read any of the writings of J. Ross Browning--another "early western" (my interest has tended to lean toward mining)<br /><br />Charles, I haven't seen that Bonanza episode. Twain lived in VC for a couple of years before heading over to CA and on to Hawaii. He visited VC again, after he was famous, and was present at the execution of the murderer of Julia Bullette, a famous prostitute on the Comstock<br /><br />Randall, that big sky gets me every time!<br /><br />Kathryn, as my readers know, the train is my favorite way to travel... I travel some for work and don't mind it, but I don't like airports or airplanes (even though I do fly)sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-49238820895233452112010-10-19T20:41:40.999-04:002010-10-19T20:41:40.999-04:00Lovely post, Sage. I feel bad for people who are f...Lovely post, Sage. I feel bad for people who are forced to travel often for business...I'm sure it's that much harder to sit back and appreciate the journey, much less the destination!<br /><br />I both love and hate to travel. Love seeing new places, hate the packing and all that waiting.<br />But I do LOVE to travel by train!kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152568985075401447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-21237250038998787062010-10-19T15:39:30.215-04:002010-10-19T15:39:30.215-04:00Thanks for this review. Your story about the road ...Thanks for this review. Your story about the road trip and just stopping to soak it in, reminds me of doing similar things over the years. The High Plains are especially good for that once you get off I-80 or I-90.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-89140161772044390262010-10-19T13:04:39.716-04:002010-10-19T13:04:39.716-04:00Makes me think of the Bonanza episode where they h...Makes me think of the Bonanza episode where they had Mark Twain visiting Virginia city.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-11047339207260000272010-10-19T11:37:54.369-04:002010-10-19T11:37:54.369-04:00Connects with a lot in my own "musings."...Connects with a lot in my own "musings." Newcomers on the old west frontier were called "Pilgrim." You hear John Wayne use the term affectionately in some of his westerns.<br /><br />I've read accounts of the Hajj - the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. And there are the pilgrims on the way to Canterbury in Chaucer. That a pilgrimage begins with longing is something I hadn't thought of before - but it makes sense if we think of longing as coming from the soul.<br /><br />And ROUGHING IT is on my list of "early westerns" to read. Thanks for this post. I always appreciate your take on things.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-75289564750142276282010-10-19T10:55:19.783-04:002010-10-19T10:55:19.783-04:00I will look for this book at the library. It soun...I will look for this book at the library. It sounds like a wonderful read - and I totally love the idea of getting to know the soul of an area when you visit it.<br /><br />One of my favorite books is Blue Highways, by William Least Heat Moon. He takes off driving on state highways and stops to talk to people - I love the idea of doing that.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-73712472307590453282010-10-19T10:29:28.941-04:002010-10-19T10:29:28.941-04:00By the way, are you in line for Twain's autobi...By the way, are you in line for Twain's autobiography parts 1,2, & 3 soon to be published?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-4011359973631438582010-10-19T09:45:08.815-04:002010-10-19T09:45:08.815-04:00Loved this post as it talked about a lot of things...Loved this post as it talked about a lot of things I've been thinking about<br />The nearest working train station to here is in Florence an hour and a half west. And once you get there--trains costs much more than flying. That should be changed and quickly, but<br />When I get somewhere I walk and walk--my happiest memories of Europe are always days spent walking with some breaks to go into museums, churches and other tourist attractions. I will forgo them but the "most important"or quirkiest if the day is beautiful and the streets are calling<br />Soulful Traveling sounds greatpiahttp://courtingdestiny.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-31364622964061427002010-10-19T08:28:30.196-04:002010-10-19T08:28:30.196-04:00Ed, I will now have to finish his Roughing It trav...Ed, I will now have to finish his Roughing It travels by going to the Sandwich Islands :)<br /><br />Jen, he ended Roughing It in Hawaii<br /><br />Kenju, you do your reading beforehand!<br /><br />Brian, I think you'll like bothsagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-34422171408645928232010-10-18T21:28:08.081-04:002010-10-18T21:28:08.081-04:00need to go read roughing it and this book as well....need to go read roughing it and this book as well...both sound wonderful...i like the thought of soulful travelBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-19688558580640709662010-10-18T19:51:18.332-04:002010-10-18T19:51:18.332-04:00My younger daughter fussed at her older sister whe...My younger daughter fussed at her older sister when they went to Italy because the older one kept her nose in a guidebook and (according to her sister - didn't see the real places - she only read about them) LOLkenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-16522854796190870032010-10-18T12:45:18.435-04:002010-10-18T12:45:18.435-04:00I didn't know he wrote about traveling through...I didn't know he wrote about traveling through Wyoming. That one is added to my must read list.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573262524755768643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-88714431751214174182010-10-18T12:43:52.534-04:002010-10-18T12:43:52.534-04:00I read 'Roughing It' after my last trip do...I read 'Roughing It' after my last trip down that stretch of road. The next time I will have to pay more attention.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com