Comments on: A Bird in the Hand

By: mellimel

mellimel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:34 +0000

You remind me that my original plan was half time sticks, half time Big Apple. Or even sometime Big Apple. Working on getting back on that trajectory. I need equal parts sticks and city.

By: julie markovitz

julie markovitz — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:25:29 +0000

I can totally relate… I absolutely love and need to be immersed in nature and absolutely love and need to be immersed in NYC…yin and yang!

By: Debra Stokes

Debra Stokes — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:24:14 +0000

What beautiful word pictures you paint, Lovely Mrs. Stetson. Thank you for sharing the energy and excitement of a city created for the senses, and the nature and nurture of a place designed just for the soul. You are blessed to be able to enjoy both.

By: Annice

Annice — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:54:00 +0000

Like you, when I return to urban life I get sucked in. Oh how I miss it when I’m not there. I left DC after twenty years and now enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountians of Asheville, NC where I can sit on my deck and watch the woodpeckers or maybe even panic at the young bear napping on my deck. In DC, our celebraties were all the politicos and one had to be news junkie to survive – hear, one has be able to converse in plant and animal species. I loved the Ken Burns documentary on our national parks – now that is something to write home about. Next time – please share some photos.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:28:35 +0000

I escaped from the city and came to Mariposa and have never looked back. I am so glad you are here in the sticks with me Connie. You add some much needed diversity which is something I do miss here. I loved the Ken Burns special and was so proud of Lee. Your trip sounded great. Thanks for sharing. I do love visiting the cities and have been fortunate to travel around the world with my husband. In fact I really met you over in China on a tour. It is a small world and a small town I live in. I wouldn’t have it any other way. There’s no place like home.

By: Christie

Christie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:32:15 +0000

Crikey, Conz, some people think this whole state of Minnesota is the sticks! But you know better. We are hip, hot, innovative, independent, media chancers on the cutting edge of all technology. I sometimes catch glimpses of this while driving home to my quiet cottage in St. Paul. Oh how I yearn to emulate The Lovely Mrs. Stetson, she elegantly straddles hiking trail to 5th Ave in her Manolo Blahnicks. Teeter on LMS, I cannot wait for your next instalment. By the way, I almost wrote Lee a fan letter after seeing him on the Burns’ National Parks show. He was just too cool.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:25:05 +0000

For those who haven’t yet met the “Lovely Mrs. Stetson” read her earlier post here: http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2009/08/26/the-lovely-mrs-stetson/