Apologies, that was supposed to be an email to Jeff - I don't have a big enough celler for the entire list!
Cheers,
Yak
>
wrote:
> >
> > > >Or maybe I just live on the
> > > > west coast of North America and so have always had more
> > > > iconic landmarks to focus on and never needed to try to make
> > > > something impressive out of the English countryside.
> > >
> > > Dunno what you mean by that. IMO the English countryside doesn't
> > need
> > > any help to be "impressive" (not that that's really the point -
> > subtely
> > > beautiful is the point, not somethng garish with neon).
> >
> > I always half-suspected that the reason folk in England and France
> > came up with such intricate sacred patterns linking bits of the
> > local landscape was that their local landscape lacks big 4000 meter
> > stratovolcanoes rising up from sea level. It was much easier for
> > the local tribes to identify their landscape gods when they stood
> > out so prominently (we've got dueling volcanic thunder gods, pieces
> > of the moon that fell to earth, sacred islands, and so on - no need
> > to make patterns to find them!).
> >
>
> Um, Jeff... So when are you comming to visit me in the Alps? If you
> want "impressive" then I've got a "few" mountains in my backyard that
> might do. I must admit that I'm personally impressed by Mt Blanc
> myself, but impressions may vary.
>
> I will also admit a major appreciation for Mt St Helens (particularly
> _after_ climbing it!) and the Cascades. However I don't think France
> lacks impressive landscape at all.
>
> Oh yeah, the invite is open whenever you and Diane want - I've got
> quite a few good bottles of bordeaux and borgogne stashed away...
>
> Say hi to the SFC for me.
> Yak
> (oh, btw, new email address is dpearton(at)gmail.com)
> > In good jest -
> >
> > Jeff
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