04-15-2018, 03:00 PM
8000 of those posts are about dirt roads.
Some of our best writers, Hemingway, Thoreau, Kerouac etc wove their life experiences into a semi autobiographical tale that transcended and expanded on their ordinary daily lives. Basho wrote Back Roads To Far Towns, an entire book about his journey across the dirt paths of western Japan in the 1600's.
Perhaps kalakoa's posts are a rough first draft. Perhaps after some revision a distinctive story of life in Puna, post Y2K, will emerge, of a strange and unfamiliar land without wifi or pavement, where water from the sky is pumped through our kitchens and bathrooms, for those of us who have a kitchen or bathroom. A land where the air is filled with the very particles of creation as melted rock occasionally escapes from beneath our feet and rolls down the mountainside toward our homes and towns. Where a drive for basic necessities down a rutted, potholed, and on days like today washed out layer of dirt and cinder turns every quest for a loaf of bread or Mahi Mahi fillet into a adventure few others will ever encounter.
I'd buy a copy.
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some of our best writers, Hemingway, Thoreau, Kerouac etc wove their life experiences into a semi autobiographical tale that transcended and expanded on their ordinary daily lives. Basho wrote Back Roads To Far Towns, an entire book about his journey across the dirt paths of western Japan in the 1600's.
Perhaps kalakoa's posts are a rough first draft. Perhaps after some revision a distinctive story of life in Puna, post Y2K, will emerge, of a strange and unfamiliar land without wifi or pavement, where water from the sky is pumped through our kitchens and bathrooms, for those of us who have a kitchen or bathroom. A land where the air is filled with the very particles of creation as melted rock occasionally escapes from beneath our feet and rolls down the mountainside toward our homes and towns. Where a drive for basic necessities down a rutted, potholed, and on days like today washed out layer of dirt and cinder turns every quest for a loaf of bread or Mahi Mahi fillet into a adventure few others will ever encounter.
I'd buy a copy.
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves