Mid-morning. You had breakfast and everyone is relaxed.
Craig reserved another motel in the White Mountains for next Friday and you
have decided to visit places east of the Grand Canyon as well as Meteor Crater
once again on this trip.
You awoke yesterday to see the live destruction of the
town's old tall smokestacks, which sets off the view to south El Paso before
the river.
What
was even more exciting than the fall of the stacks (they had to close down I-10
and our motel was about two miles beyond them) was the enthusiasm of the local
broadcasters and interviewed citizens. This is because that since 2007 the city
has really grown on the east side of town and the old, run-down places taken
out. You can feel the city is on the move to better times in the much
displayed, positive energy of body and voice on the ABC affiliate television
channel.
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"Iconic smelter stacks are toppled in El Paso"
[Today, City Hall will be razed for a
baseball stadium]
El Paso - It took less
than 30 seconds for the two massive smokestacks that have dominated the El Paso
skyline for the past half century to topple Saturday, taken down by two
dynamite blasts.
.
. . residents gathered before sunrise on the banks of the Rio Grande that
overlook the former Asarco copper and lead smelting site, ready to document the
600 - and 829 - foot-tall chimneys' slow downward slide."
From: Arizona Daily Star,
Nation A13, Sunday, April 14, 2013
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Yesterday you left El Paso, Texas mid-morning and drove the New Mexico desert. Once in Arizona
you stopped at Texas Canyon, also a rest stop on I-10 between the two Dragoon
Mountains.
0933
hours. There are lots of giant granite boulders in very unique settings. Here
is one of our photos. (The only other place I have seen boulders like this was
on I-8 entering the Rocky Mountains while crossing over to San Diego (on
another adventure with the Beresford’s).
Texas Canyon, AZ Rest Stop on I-10
Also, along the way in New Mexico you saw
the plant clumping of wind erosion along the desert floor, Google image example
below: - Amorella
Plant Clumping via Erosion
Craig and Alta are skyping with Jack, Matt,
Mary Kay and Eric while the Masters is on television. Carol talked to Kim
shortly before. Later, dude. - Amorella
1348 hours. I woke up this morning thinking about the wind
created furrows between the hilly clumps of bushy desert plants. This broad
spread phenomenon gives whole area a clean but lumpy appearance. I was thinking
about the lumpiness and how it seems relative to something in the books but it
disappeared, perhaps because I could come up with nothing, but it struck, at
the time, as an 'obvious observation unthought'.
Carol and Alta took a walk while you napped
and Craig mostly watched the Masters. Grilled cheese sandwiches are coming up
for lunch on the porch. Later, Amorella
1632 hours. The Masters is over. I have never watched this
much golf in my life. It was a good game though and I liked the way the Argentine
and the Australian handled the immediate victory and defeat. I like that very
much. I don't even remember their names. I feel bad about that.
2002 hours. We are packed and
relaxing.
Let's go back to the 'lumpiness in the
desert'. - Amorella
I thought it was an 'obvious observation unthought'. Lots
of 'things' are unthought.
Lumpiness under a bushy top holds the dust
to the ground while the wind made furrows follow free. - Amorella
2015 hours. I do not see anything here, Amorella. This (your)
statement on lumpiness reminds me of an Oracle at Delphi.
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Oracle
Delphi is perhaps best known for the
oracle at the sanctuary that was dedicated to Apollo during the classical
period. According to Aeschylus in the prologue of the Eumenides, it had origins in prehistoric times and the worship of
Gaia. In the last quarter of the 8th century BC there is a steady increase in
artifacts found at the settlement site in Delphi, which was a new,
post-Mycenaean settlement of the late 9th century. Pottery and bronze work as
well as tripod dedications continue in a steady stream, in comparison to Olympia.
Neither the range of objects nor the presence of prestigious dedications proves
that Delphi was a focus of attention for a wide range of worshippers, but the
large quantity of high value goods, found in no other mainland sanctuary,
certainly encourages that view.
Apollo spoke through his oracle: the
sibyl or priestess of the oracle at Delphi was known as the Pythia; she had to
be an older woman of blameless life chosen from among the peasants of the area.
She sat on a tripod seat over an opening in the earth. When Apollo slew Python,
its body fell into this fissure, according to legend, and fumes arose from its
decomposing body. Intoxicated by the vapors, the sibyl would fall into a
trance, allowing Apollo to possess her spirit. In this state she prophesied. It
has been speculated that a gas high in ethylene, known to produce violent
trances, came out of this opening, though this theory remains debatable.
While in a trance the Pythia
"raved" – probably a form of ecstatic speech – and her ravings were
"translated" by the priests of the temple into elegant hexameters.
People consulted the Delphic oracle on everything from important matters of
public policy to personal affairs. The oracle could not be consulted during the
winter months, for this was traditionally the time when Apollo would live among
the Hyperborans. Dionysus would inhabit the temple during his absence.
H.W. Parke writes that the foundation of
Delphi and its oracle took place before recorded history and its origins are
obscure, but dating to the worship of the Titan, Gaia.
The Oracle exerted considerable influence
throughout the Greek world, and she was consulted before all major
undertakings: wars, the founding of colonies, and so forth. She also was
respected by the semi-Hellenic countries around the Greek world, such as Lydia,
Caria, and even Egypt. The oracle was also known to the early Romans.
Edited from: Wikipedia: Delphi
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You have a selected an additional well-known list of
oracular statements from Delphi courtesy of Wikipedia. Let's go through these
and find one that fits my statement (for the imagination of it). Post. - Amorella
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