tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post2318911343554481179..comments2023-05-28T02:05:07.525-07:00Comments on The Wilder Coast: South AmericaMelinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957983479473967228noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-78728765551637191652011-12-10T19:45:57.311-08:002011-12-10T19:45:57.311-08:00Really touching, Lina. A nice pause. :) xoReally touching, Lina. A nice pause. :) xoCassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180462290811257014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-41956958942017949332011-12-02T18:07:12.812-08:002011-12-02T18:07:12.812-08:00Hi Lorri, thank you so much for leaving a comment....Hi Lorri, thank you so much for leaving a comment. It's really important to me to hear the stories of the people who know about the Payette and the people who looked for Stephen. Did you paddle the Payette? We must know a lot of the same people. Thank you so much for your comment, for reading, and for understanding.<br />xo<br />MCMelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957983479473967228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-13743332260633129702011-12-01T11:58:13.022-08:002011-12-01T11:58:13.022-08:00Melina, I didn't know Stephan, but I know many...Melina, I didn't know Stephan, but I know many who did. I know the folks that were with him when he drowned and who searched for his body immediately after his accident. More intimately, I know the river that took his life. I lived for months on its banks at the exact eddy where Stephan's life jacket was recovered. I often say my heart is on the Payette. My beloved river has taken others, and yet in these tragedies I find a new facet of forgiveness. How is it with such ease that we absolve our rivers, so comfortably embracing both their magic and their horror?lorrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124968755484979679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-1723170861897964492011-11-29T17:53:01.833-08:002011-11-29T17:53:01.833-08:00BBS, thank you for another beautiful comment.BBS, thank you for another beautiful comment.Melinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957983479473967228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-70284983192860860032011-11-29T16:54:05.175-08:002011-11-29T16:54:05.175-08:00Wow. Right from the lead with cursive driftwood p...Wow. Right from the lead with cursive driftwood pencils I was *in it.* That Thanksgiving sounds surreal, especially the part about the swimming goats. It really creates the most intense mental picture. I've never been in a kayak, and I sure as hell haven't rescued a goat. <br />Sounds like a great loss and you write so beautifully about him, I feel like I knew him, or at the very least knew of the sort of person he was. How lucky you are to have had him in your life.Baby By The Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12789813357133388080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-15207466725396714292011-11-29T16:00:15.040-08:002011-11-29T16:00:15.040-08:00Thanks Kara. Sometimes I wonder if it would be a g...Thanks Kara. Sometimes I wonder if it would be a gift to be able to leave things behind in the past so cleanly that I feel nothing at all....but it's never going to be that way. And yes, it is a gift, isn't it, to live this way.Melinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957983479473967228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-39926752380177331152011-11-29T15:52:00.224-08:002011-11-29T15:52:00.224-08:00Wow Melina. It doesn't get any more heartfelt ...Wow Melina. It doesn't get any more heartfelt then this. To feel this much is a gift. To appreciate so much is a blessing!Kara Warehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829212725204982782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-68532655037451062582011-11-29T15:51:51.772-08:002011-11-29T15:51:51.772-08:00Wow Melina. It doesn't get any more heartfelt ...Wow Melina. It doesn't get any more heartfelt then this. To feel this much is a gift. To appreciate so much is a blessing!Kara Warehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829212725204982782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-36842708857777698132011-11-29T15:51:18.040-08:002011-11-29T15:51:18.040-08:00Wow Melina. It doesn't get any more heartfelt ...Wow Melina. It doesn't get any more heartfelt then this. To feel this much is a gift. To appreciate so much is a blessing!Kara Warehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829212725204982782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-58521554057304459492011-11-29T13:03:00.343-08:002011-11-29T13:03:00.343-08:00I had to go back and reread some posts about Steph...I had to go back and reread some posts about Stephen because I am a new reader. What a tragedy. Beautifully written, like Katie said. Love and light.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-48182622530301658152011-11-29T07:07:02.178-08:002011-11-29T07:07:02.178-08:00Beautiful post, Lina.Beautiful post, Lina.Katie Paulsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097454901362195345noreply@blogger.com