tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092064722783879490.post9143981112510512027..comments2023-07-18T04:15:36.624-04:00Comments on in the valley: Why We Cruise: Day Four; Part OneTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16265475275476389339noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092064722783879490.post-37146600592165451442008-02-17T00:52:00.000-05:002008-02-17T00:52:00.000-05:00Hi Mary, I agree the two blogs are of the same vei...Hi Mary, I agree the two blogs are of the same vein. We don't torture ourselves with daily outrages!<BR/><BR/>I used to be a cat person. I had a great orange tiger (named Sugar Magnolia) when I was younger. Great cat. The kind of cat that would respond and communicate, not one of those aloof types. All cats have very distinct personalities, I don't think a lot of cat haters realize that.<BR/><BR/>Kelly brought the dog with her, it was a package deal. It was a rough start, but I've since grown accustomed to the little yap-o-matic. He doesn't drool or stink like the bigger dogs, so he's got that going for him. He can be a charming little critter, I can now see the appeal of having a dog. I'll put a couple pics of him on the next post...Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265475275476389339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092064722783879490.post-86874301235314220402008-02-16T09:21:00.000-05:002008-02-16T09:21:00.000-05:00Great Key West experience and very interesting com...Great Key West experience and very interesting comment on your blog as being a "Living section" type. I've been telling Brian that of the local blogs I read I feel mine is closest to yours. Except you don't constantly run pics of you and Kelly when the flowers aren't in bloom. Do you have a cat per chance?Mary E.Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038834344347616519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092064722783879490.post-56294707211045870592008-02-16T01:54:00.000-05:002008-02-16T01:54:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments O'Reilly. I actually live ...Thanks for the comments O'Reilly. I actually live in Ludlow. I can see how you'd think I was from Northampton, as most of my posting and outdoor activity centers around the Noho-Hadley-Amherst axis. That area is really the heart of the valley, the center of it's beauty, as far as I'm concerned. And my blog is mainly about sharing the Valley's beauty, (as difficult as that can be, mid-winter.)<BR/><BR/>I do have some strong personal political views and opinions, but I'm going to try to keep my blog apolitical, and my own views personal, as often as possible. There are plenty of citizen journalist blogs in the valley doing a great job. I don't think I'd have the ability or resources to present news and views reliably, consistantly and informatively enough to do my readers justice as a news blog. However, if I happen to come across something political or newsworthy in my travels I will definitely post about it. If blogging were a newspaper, I think I'd be in the 'Living' section, rather than the front pages or editorials.<BR/><BR/>Like you said, life is more than just controversy.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265475275476389339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1092064722783879490.post-44841685276037314012008-02-16T00:51:00.000-05:002008-02-16T00:51:00.000-05:00What a beautiful travelogue you posted here and wi...What a beautiful travelogue you posted here and with many interesting photographs. <BR/><BR/>It's a little surprising you don't find life in Northampton as fruitful for blogging as Amherst. You could blog about the Smith students who went to a costume party in black face and ask the question: Were they being provocative or were they clueless that others might take offense? In that context, was it predictable black face would be perceived as insensitive or worse, a deliberate bigoted act?<BR/><BR/>Life is more than controversy. The Amherst community has a particular way of viewing issues through a moral lens, whether the nature of the problem is a moral question or not, and taking a principled albeit self-righteous stance and arguing it to the death, while simultaneously maintaining that they are shocked by the moral turpitude of the other side. It's gets tired fast.O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298161341394034059noreply@blogger.com