Comments on: going bananas http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-7822 burning silo Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:42:08 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/#comment-7822 Robin - they are amazingly yellow. I just loved these quiet, gentle little creatures. A couple of days ago, I found a pair that had met along the trail and were tentatively extending their eye stalks out to check each other out. I would have liked to have spent much longer watching them. Robin – they are amazingly yellow. I just loved these quiet, gentle little creatures. A couple of days ago, I found a pair that had met along the trail and were tentatively extending their eye stalks out to check each other out. I would have liked to have spent much longer watching them.

]]> By: robin andrea http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-7820 robin andrea Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:27:43 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/#comment-7820 Bev! the banana slug is the mascot of the University of California, Santa Cruz-- my former place of employment. I saw them all the time there, but have not thought of them since we left California. Wonderful to take another peek at their amazing yellowness. Bev! the banana slug is the mascot of the University of California, Santa Cruz– my former place of employment. I saw them all the time there, but have not thought of them since we left California. Wonderful to take another peek at their amazing yellowness.

]]> By: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-7818 burning silo Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:35:31 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/#comment-7818 Wayne - Yes, it has been a *long* trip for me -- in a lot of ways that lie quite outside of definitions of time or distance. When I'm traveling, I do think of home, but in a sort of vague way that almost surprises me. Once on the road, I have a feeling that I could probably just keep wandering onwards, so perhaps I'm a lot more nomadic that I believe myself to be. The things that make me long to be home again are being able to sleep in a quiet, comfortable place, and to cook my own food. I guess it comes down to basic food and shelter. I don't worry too much about my place -- and haven't for quite some time. However, I do worry a little about my family and my dog while I'm off wandering around. Fortunately, with being able to find a net connection pretty easily in many places these days, my family keeps me updated on how things are back home. Likewise, I try to let them know where I am as often as practical as I know they get worried if I'm incommunicado for awhile. Btw, it's quite amazing how easy it is to get wifi connections in even fairly small towns in the coastal U.S. Wayne – Yes, it has been a *long* trip for me — in a lot of ways that lie quite outside of definitions of time or distance.
When I’m traveling, I do think of home, but in a sort of vague way that almost surprises me. Once on the road, I have a feeling that I could probably just keep wandering onwards, so perhaps I’m a lot more nomadic that I believe myself to be. The things that make me long to be home again are being able to sleep in a quiet, comfortable place, and to cook my own food. I guess it comes down to basic food and shelter. I don’t worry too much about my place — and haven’t for quite some time. However, I do worry a little about my family and my dog while I’m off wandering around. Fortunately, with being able to find a net connection pretty easily in many places these days, my family keeps me updated on how things are back home. Likewise, I try to let them know where I am as often as practical as I know they get worried if I’m incommunicado for awhile. Btw, it’s quite amazing how easy it is to get wifi connections in even fairly small towns in the coastal U.S.

]]> By: Wayne http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-7812 Wayne Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:01:08 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/10/12/going-bananas/#comment-7812 Bev - it's been quite a *long* trip for you! Vacations don't appeal to me, but I indulge others in their vacation neuroses. My own vacation neurosis is the anxiety of what's happening at home while I'm gone. Coyotes storming the cats? And of course the more mundane human predators entering the house. Last vacation I found the perfect foil to indulge my neurosis - the wireless cam - by which I was able to tune into the current visual state of affairs, and believe me I did tune in. Bev – it’s been quite a *long* trip for you!

Vacations don’t appeal to me, but I indulge others in their vacation neuroses. My own vacation neurosis is the anxiety of what’s happening at home while I’m gone. Coyotes storming the cats? And of course the more mundane human predators entering the house. Last vacation I found the perfect foil to indulge my neurosis – the wireless cam – by which I was able to tune into the current visual state of affairs, and believe me I did tune in.

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