tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677891490105396239.post6678883919280918670..comments2023-10-17T01:15:09.992-07:00Comments on Vermont Waterways: Shadow Lake, geological bordersMariella Bissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01922263521211128914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677891490105396239.post-83489840237086425172008-12-17T16:43:00.000-08:002008-12-17T16:43:00.000-08:00How wonderful - an artist who knows about geology!...How wonderful - an artist who knows about geology!<BR/><BR/>I've done research on the question of natural and political boundaries and the only ones with real meaning in people's lives are the natural ones for the most part. <BR/><BR/>After all - awful things will happen to you if you cross that river! ;)<BR/><BR/>If those choosing political boundaries have been sensible and recognised the deep attachment to natural bounadries and associated the two together then these political bounadries also seem to become imbued with a force which they would not otherwise have.<BR/><BR/>In the UK, decades after changes in boundaries, people still choose to locate themselves according to the placename as was not the placename as now is.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677891490105396239.post-54585122233331523852008-12-11T02:27:00.000-08:002008-12-11T02:27:00.000-08:00Mariella -One of the most exciting and mind-bendin...Mariella -<BR/>One of the most exciting and mind-bending books I ever read was <I>The Old Straight Track</I> by Alfred Watkins. He was an English amateur historian, photographer, etc. And traced what he thought were the old paths that people traveled, (I mean ancient, as in Stone Henge building time) and of course they traveled in straight lines whenever possible as it was the shortest distance. The photographs in that book (circa 1910) are all hauntingly beautiful and incredibly peaceful.Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151298064598120697noreply@blogger.com