tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041305873445970705.post2923614691349244184..comments2023-10-30T03:13:32.329-07:00Comments on Manzanita, Redwoods and Laurel: The Importance of Local LandscapesDaniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680233190117316008noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041305873445970705.post-37121656423861968432008-05-03T10:51:00.000-07:002008-05-03T10:51:00.000-07:00Lovely post, As a Green Witch who grew up in Calif...Lovely post, <BR/><BR/>As a Green Witch who grew up in California and lived in the Bay Area for many years, I can relate. My connection to the plants, trees, animals and land there was an intense blessing. Moving away was one of the hardest things I have ever done. <BR/><BR/>I have found much to love here in Oregon, but it is different (oddly enough, I'm told it is a lot like Ireland) and I sometimes struggle to make the same intense connection, even though I am surrounded by so much natural beauty. <BR/><BR/>A part of me will always be in Northern California with the oaks, the valley grasses, the shore birds and the redwoods, even as I make our new home here among the firs, ferns and pines. <BR/><BR/>I find it is possible to love two places at once and I understand the celtic songs about love for home and loss a little bit better than I did before. <BR/><BR/>All good things, <BR/><BR/>SiaDj Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897528161962860572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041305873445970705.post-4578124712509318052008-02-28T12:26:00.000-08:002008-02-28T12:26:00.000-08:00Thanks for commenting.Mythic lands are different, ...Thanks for commenting.<BR/><BR/>Mythic lands are different, and there is always a tension inside of me to remind me of this. Ireland is also a place of my Ancestors, but you're right, California is where <I>I</I> am from.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680233190117316008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9041305873445970705.post-595826673354667522008-02-27T17:37:00.000-08:002008-02-27T17:37:00.000-08:00I was born in the North Bay, in Vallejo, and that'...I was born in the North Bay, in Vallejo, and that's where I grew up. <BR/><BR/>Over here are rivers, wetland, and estuaries. Over there are hills, mountains, creeks, valleys. I could find my way around by looking for Mt. Tamalpais, Mt. Diablo, Mt. St. Helena. And I could knda feel the moods of the place. <BR/><BR/>Mythical lands are, I think, different from lands where we grew up and live. And Ireland is a far ways from California, farther than just the miles. I didn't realize this until I watched a full moon rise over the Atlantic Ocean, and realizing that moon rising over the ocean was not where I came from. Ireland is where my forbearers came from, but California is where I come from.Pitch313https://www.blogger.com/profile/02361916461539770151noreply@blogger.com