Pine Mountain News
I spent the week finishing a small furniture
order and delivering it. I performed the fall
maintenance on the furnace and turned it
on for the winter.
Our greenhouse garden is still producing
fresh vegetables `and all the windows and
doors have fresh caulking to keep the cold
winter winds outside.
Poem of the Week
Panoramic
by emily d stine
because slow death is beautiful
as chlorophyll fades
from each leaf point
the color spectrum
spanning from
life
to
death,
paint by number.
dying perfection
watching each leaf
falling
onto
the
sidewalk
p a n o r a m i c
a mosaic of aborted foliage
coloring
the blank
concrete
biodegradable art
made more beautiful
by
stepping
on
it.
crunch
Feature Story of the Week
Amount I knew about
I went there: zero. Now, I’m not sure I’d
recommend this as a general rule,
because god knows what you’re going to
get into. But, since you’re reading this,
you’re going not going to be in the same
boat that I was.
Now, what happened to me was that I
was kicking around in South America
when an editor I knew managed to get
a hold of me to write a story about
some goings on in
that since I didn’t know a thing about
the country I maybe wasn’t his man,
but he used the cunning persuasion
technique of throwing lots of money.
So I ended up In Venezuela with a day’s
worth of work to do, a fat check waiting
for me and no pressing plans. So what
you need to know about
this; it’s officially called the
sized country, highly urbanized and their
President is classically not a huge fan
of
Don’t let that last one dissuade you
from traveling there, because the
country as a whole is stable and
prosperous, and even with my (very)
limited Spanish, the people were warm
and welcoming. Hugo Chavez, their
president, was the reason I was there,
so
first stop.
interesting city, and I do mean large,
the overall urban area has more than
five million people. Like a lot of South
American cities, you get a mix of
architecture dating back the
seventeenth century butted right up
against skyscrapers. There’s a little
less of this in
still plenty of stuff to see.
Like the birthplace of Simon Bolivar
who is, as you might have guessed
from the name of the country, quite
important historically. I’m kind of
history guy, so I eat this kind of
thing up. You might also want to
take a look at the Parque Central
Complex, which is a series of seriously
grim looking buildings that are actually
the cultural center of the city. If you
want to see art and performance, this
is the place to go.
The rest of the country is worth seeing,
too. I didn’t quite as into the outdoors
things as I usually would when Rich is
along, but there’s certainly a lot to see.
I’d recommend Andean Venezuela,
where the
country and there’s incredible hiking
and camping in the area.
For those of you less into hiking and
more into hedonism, there’s the Isla
de Margarita. I admit, I went there
because an island named after one
of my favorite drinks sounded like a
match made in heaven. The beaches
there are beautiful, with warm weather
and crisp blue waters.
All in all, I had a lot of fun tooling
around
and under informed trip. I would
recommend the trip for nearly anyone
who enjoys seeing new cultures and
beautiful countryside.
It is evening once again at the Pine
Mountain ranch.Fall is here and the
nighttime temperatures approach the
freezing point.
We have just finished dinner and are
gathered in the family room. There
is a cheery fire in the fireplace and
Laurel and Grace are playing a game
of scrabble. I am seated in my easy
chair readingmy Discover magazine
and enjoying my
sample coffee of the day from
http://www.coffeefool.com.
Tonight I am enjoying Colombian Supremo.
This full bodied American roast coffee is
mild and enjoyable in flavor. It is just the
right coffee to relax and end the day. Grace
won at scrabble and now my coffee
is finished too. It is time to head off to bed.
See everyone
next week.
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