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Rochelle Johnson's avatar

Pure gold, this is. Thank you. I'm loving learning from you. So rich, so clear.

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Bruce Ballenger's avatar

Thanks, my friend!

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Janette Young's avatar

I enjoyed this post and the descriptions of places. I lived in Wyoming and it captured the winter in the middle of nowhere.

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Bruce Ballenger's avatar

Thanks Janette! I think you’d love Ehrlich’s Solace of Open Spaces.

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Lola's avatar

I'm in love with this entire post. I like thinking about seeing... and about how what we see is described and/or interpreted. I also love the short sippet that arose about your childhood home/neighborhood. As I read it I also mentally walked the streets of my old neighborhood - which included a neighbor with a concentration camp # on her arm. Funny how I read and time-traveled (which I often think memory is) at the same time. I liked it. And I would love more.

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Bruce Ballenger's avatar

Thank you Lola!

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<no name>'s avatar

I love this. Note to my student self: without winding visually toward the bricks, we wouldn’t get the important “I wish…” that lands us squarely in those themes of no return that are highlighted. What a great lesson.

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Sandra Roseburg's avatar

My own sense of place is so difficult to write about and yet so necessary. Describing a personal moment in time is a good place to start. Thank you Bruce, for all that you do. Wonderful!

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