tonight i spent some time reading the compleat iconoclast, new blog of old online and fellow dw-er, mld. i'm bookmarking this one because there is so much to read and it is all interesting. don't get me wrong, marcus and i disagree on many things. but he's a good storyteller and the best historian i've never met. plus, his life is well enough outside the norm that you will be interested in just reading how another half lives.
meanwhile, tonight i read his blog on the foxfire books and it brought back memories. back in 1991 i lived in santa cruz and had this sweet boyfriend. three years younger than me and just... young and innocent and very very sincere. all this added up to a short-term relationship as i was much more interested in boys who didn't really know i existed and were completely self-centered. or was it that i was completely self-centered?
but this guy also had all the foxfire books and he really read them and used them. build a fire? he was your man. build a log cabin? call him up. dead racoon on the side of the road? he was there to skin and cure the hide. (yuck). he could do anything, fix anything, loved his family, was upbeat, positive and had a few other qualities that are always pleasant to have in an intimate relationship (oh my blog's no fun. i leave out all the good stuff). (sigh. what was i thinking, tossing that relationship away??).
on the flip side, i think it's safe to say that i will never have any racoon hides curing in my garage rafters.
marcus's rafters, however, once he gets through the compleat set, is a whole nother ball o' wax. i should warn his girlfriend.
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