tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844458687369955274.post747854111230942610..comments2018-07-15T00:14:54.349-07:00Comments on mapHead: City on a Hillnatcasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18058664776852941599noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844458687369955274.post-16710700604770855252012-10-09T17:21:28.690-07:002012-10-09T17:21:28.690-07:00Jnana, perhaps you are familiar with Neil Gaiman&#...Jnana, perhaps you are familiar with Neil Gaiman's novel <i>American Gods</i>? You should be. It's not exactly the same, but I think it's an idea worth considering. See also some of Barry Lopez's fiction.<br />natcasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058664776852941599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844458687369955274.post-10201822671478539702012-10-08T06:24:12.819-07:002012-10-08T06:24:12.819-07:00I've long been struck by a comment from forty-...I've long been struck by a comment from forty-two years ago, when my then-guru returned from a trip to India and remarked that each place FELT different -- it had different vibrations and even its own local deities. In the decades since, as I've lived in different parts of the country, I've sensed something similar here. Part of it no doubt reflects the religious identities found in various locales. You know give it a fresh spin, which I welcome. Here's hoping you expand it. Jnana Hodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640392151468602058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844458687369955274.post-35078789597201620402012-09-30T18:29:10.429-07:002012-09-30T18:29:10.429-07:00An interesting followup: Ted Widmer in the NY Time...An interesting followup: Ted Widmer in the NY Times on John Winthrop's original--and apparently possibly fictional--speech wherein the "City on a Hill" first appeared.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/books/review/ted-widmer-on-john-winthrop.htmlnatcasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058664776852941599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844458687369955274.post-8109878723685397672012-09-29T05:02:19.898-07:002012-09-29T05:02:19.898-07:00typo fuxed. fixed.typo fuxed. fixed.natcasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058664776852941599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844458687369955274.post-20420818557359283412012-09-28T18:54:54.110-07:002012-09-28T18:54:54.110-07:00Typo note -- "back people" should be &qu...Typo note -- "back people" should be "black people." But it's a heck of a resonant typo.hschinskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316478950862562594noreply@blogger.com