Monday, July 28, 2008

Spider Rocks and Canyon de Chelly, on a fine summers day


HI MARTY

ONE OF THE CHOSEN BOOKS FOR OUR BOOK CLUB WAS CALLED "ANIMALS DREAMS" BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER. THE SPIDER ROCKS (AND OTHER LANDMARKS) IN CANYON DE CHELLY ARE MENTIONED. I WANTED TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY EXIST - AND HERE THEY ARE! (I BELIEVE THESE ROCKS ARE A COUPLE OF THOUSAND FEET HIGH).

BARBARA KINGSOLVER HAS RELATIVES IN MONTREAL AND COMES TO VISIT THEM.

(HER BOOK WAS NOT ABOUT ANIMALS, BUT ABOUT A GIRL AND HER SISTER. I LEARNED ABOUT MANY AMERICAN SOUTH WESTERN PLACES, I APPRECIATED HER STYLE OF WRITING WITH ITS BITS OF HUMOUR. HERE ARE SOME QUOTES:
We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts. ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal DreamsCodi: "So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything to dream except our ordinary lives."Loyd: "Only if you have an ordinary life. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life."
~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams).

D.
Thanks Diana JP

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