I'm a university professor in my real life, but for several glorious weeks a year I head off for Montana. I spend my days flyfishing and my evenings solving the world's problems over a beer or glass of wine with my summer companions. There's something about Montana that soothes my soul.
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Place is a human invention, a negotiated space lying somewhere between the fact of the land and our desire to inhabit it. It exists as both a discovery and a creation, a cartographer's scrawl and coordinates on a map of the imagination. (p. 110)
—Both from Inventing Montana by Ted Leeson
Doesn't that sound lovely?
ReplyDeleteYour quote about place has me thinking. I am going to be thinking about it all day. In fact, i'm going to copy it down and talk it over with my husband. Very interesting. Sounds like a good book.
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ReplyDeleteI like that teaser! Very potent thought! Have a great day!
Sherrie
http://sherriesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-tuesdaytime-to-travel-around.html
Good teaser Beth.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful prose. Makes me want to visit Montana.
ReplyDeletesomething about Montana, it inspires the mind. I am here
ReplyDeleteI'll look forward to the full review! It sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI love this quote! Thanks for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteInteresting teaser. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser - I'll be on the lookout for your review. :D
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser. Solving the world's problems over a beer or glass of wine sounds just fine to me.
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser, and not to mention a great prose!
ReplyDeletei spend a few days in montana in july 2007. it is so beautiful there--we tubed down the yellowstone river and stayed at a b&b that doubles as a sanctuary for wolves that can't be released into the wild. livingston and bozeman were so stunning--we want to return soon!
ReplyDeletethanks for reminding me of such a beautiful trip and state. :)
ack! can you fix my typo--it should read: 'we spenT...' thanks.
ReplyDeleteMontana, I ave heard of this place!
ReplyDeleteSounds so good! Relaxing for that matter
That's a beautiful teaser!
ReplyDeleteMontana is one of those place, I neeed to visit. Great quote. BTW: I love the photo of the path in Maine...i can picture one like it there.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so relaxing.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Montana, too but I'm in the middle of a battle at Little Bighorn.
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