Comments on: About HMM http://highmountainmuse.com A literary blog on nature, solitude and the search for serenity. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:39:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: sue http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 sue Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:03:04 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-2190 there are alot of times i would love to pack my bags and run up into the mountains and just stay there for months at a time...by any chance do u have any cougars around your area, they are so pretty...and do u think i can ride a golf cart instead of a horse...i dont mind horses i just dont think they like me..of course a horse you dont need that much gas in them, and dont need to change a spark plug...i hear they are well on milage also...your area out there is beautiful...and the horses are nice looking maybe one day i will get back on one again, got bucked off of one when i was 15... there are alot of times i would love to pack my bags and run up into the mountains and just stay there for months at a time…by any chance do u have any cougars around your area, they are so pretty…and do u think i can ride a golf cart instead of a horse…i dont mind horses i just dont think they like me..of course a horse you dont need that much gas in them, and dont need to change a spark plug…i hear they are well on milage also…your area out there is beautiful…and the horses are nice looking maybe one day i will get back on one again, got bucked off of one when i was 15…

]]> By: highmountainmuse http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-42 highmountainmuse Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:13:36 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-42 Frank, Thanks so much for stopping by, and asking about rustic fencing. If you can, take a look at an old post called "The Coyote Fence." Otherwise, please feel free to e-mail me directly for specific questions. It's wonderful material for fencing, and a beautiful and natural barrier, but after living with it a few years, I'd do a few things differently in the construction... my e-mail is highmountainmuse@gmail.com. Glad to help in any way I can. Gin Frank, Thanks so much for stopping by, and asking about rustic fencing. If you can, take a look at an old post called “The Coyote Fence.” Otherwise, please feel free to e-mail me directly for specific questions. It’s wonderful material for fencing, and a beautiful and natural barrier, but after living with it a few years, I’d do a few things differently in the construction… my e-mail is highmountainmuse@gmail.com. Glad to help in any way I can.
Gin

]]> By: Fatfishman1 http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Fatfishman1 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:11:48 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-43 Hi, I love your site!!! Can you tell me more about the fences that you have handcrafted. My wife wants me to use standing dead poles on our property to craft a rustic fence. It will serve more for keeping our chickens in and our dogs out. Any help??? Thanks! Frank Hi,
I love your site!!!
Can you tell me more about the fences that you have handcrafted. My wife wants me to use standing dead poles on our property to craft a rustic fence. It will serve more for keeping our chickens in and our dogs out. Any help???
Thanks! Frank

]]> By: Carolina Maine http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Carolina Maine Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:30 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-41 I love your blog and will keep reading:) I love your blog and will keep reading:)

]]> By: highmountainmuse http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-40 highmountainmuse Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:32:29 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-40 Jeff, thanks so much for stopping by. I'm so glad you enjoyed, and hope you'll visit back when you can. I look forward to visiting your blog too... gg Jeff, thanks so much for stopping by. I’m so glad you enjoyed, and hope you’ll visit back when you can. I look forward to visiting your blog too…
gg

]]> By: Jeff Muse http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Jeff Muse Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:44:52 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-39 Hi, Gin. What a pleasure to come across your site, so full of insightful stories about people and place. I recently started my own blog (hoosiermuse.wordpress.com) and have listed you on my links. I look forward to checking in now and again to learn from your family in the mountains. Take care. Jeff Muse Hi, Gin. What a pleasure to come across your site, so full of insightful stories about people and place. I recently started my own blog (hoosiermuse.wordpress.com) and have listed you on my links. I look forward to checking in now and again to learn from your family in the mountains. Take care. Jeff Muse

]]> By: highmountainmuse http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-38 highmountainmuse Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:45:40 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-38 Ed - I hope you see this response - we'd love to meet your sister & bro-in-law. Please tell them my husband's great grandfather was Clayton Wetherill. Being a part of Mesa Verde, they will know who that is! Ed – I hope you see this response – we’d love to meet your sister & bro-in-law. Please tell them my husband’s great grandfather was Clayton Wetherill. Being a part of Mesa Verde, they will know who that is!

]]> By: italco http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-37 italco Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:56:26 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-37 I forgot to mention...my sister and Brother in-law own and operate the A & A Mesa Verde RV Park...Becky and Bobby...stop and say hi if ever in their area. I forgot to mention…my sister and Brother in-law own and operate the A & A Mesa Verde RV Park…Becky and Bobby…stop and say hi if ever in their area.

]]> By: italco http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-36 italco Fri, 15 May 2009 21:51:38 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-36 The image is not my creation but represents my attitude towards the environment and world. One of the biggest issues we face is man's footprint on earth. The earth is fragile and in our hands. I am very political with moderate views and believe in balance in all things. Please come visit my blog and read some of the Enviro-friendly links towards alternate fuels. I also have some political stuff as well as being a sports nut. Hope to see you. :) http://italco.wordpress.com The image is not my creation but represents my attitude towards the environment and world. One of the biggest issues we face is man’s footprint on earth. The earth is fragile and in our hands.

I am very political with moderate views and believe in balance in all things. Please come visit my blog and read some of the Enviro-friendly links towards alternate fuels. I also have some political stuff as well as being a sports nut. Hope to see you. :) http://italco.wordpress.com

]]> By: highmountainmuse http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-35 highmountainmuse Fri, 15 May 2009 11:30:08 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-35 Hi Ed, thanks for writing. Mancos and area are just the other side of the Divide from here, not too far as the crow flies. It's really lovely there; and a real, comfortable community. I can't help but wonder about the beautiful image you have on your "aviatar." Please tell me more... Hi Ed, thanks for writing. Mancos and area are just the other side of the Divide from here, not too far as the crow flies. It’s really lovely there; and a real, comfortable community. I can’t help but wonder about the beautiful image you have on your “aviatar.” Please tell me more…

]]> By: italco http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-34 italco Fri, 15 May 2009 07:14:14 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-34 Hi Gin, My name is Ed. SouthWest Colorado is close to two of my sisters. One is in the Mancus area and the other is in Hotchkiss. I also have a nephew running around near Paonia...My father used to own a little tavern in Mancus called the Columbine and I ran around Durango and the Valley there for a bit. I am very familiar with your world. Hi Gin, My name is Ed. SouthWest Colorado is close to two of my sisters. One is in the Mancus area and the other is in Hotchkiss. I also have a nephew running around near Paonia…My father used to own a little tavern in Mancus called the Columbine and I ran around Durango and the Valley there for a bit. I am very familiar with your world.

]]> By: jruthkelly http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-33 jruthkelly Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:17:11 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-33 Gin...your tapestry of soul is so beautiful here. thank you for sharing the world of you and of mountains high and rivers wild. i feel this great overflowing wealth just in knowing i can land here and read your spilling heart-mind wonder. keep keep on... Gin…your tapestry of soul is so beautiful here. thank you for sharing the world of you and of mountains high and rivers wild. i feel this great overflowing wealth just in knowing i can land here and read your spilling heart-mind wonder. keep keep on…

]]> By: highmountainmuse http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-32 highmountainmuse Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:29:28 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-32 Becoming Santa Claus sounds like a pretty good thing to me. Bet your grandkids think so too! Becoming Santa Claus sounds like a pretty good thing to me. Bet your grandkids think so too!

]]> By: Richard Finney http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Richard Finney Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:40:35 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-31 My first visit 18 miles up river. Was when I was in diapers. Cloth diapers mind you. I can't remember the issues my mother had. But, she vowed not to come back till they had electricity and indoor plumbing. So I did not return till I was around four. My Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother came out in June and stayed till October. They loved it. They came out in Model T's and A's. Took them around four days to get there. They would camp on the side of the road. No worries then in the 30's to be attacked. I think they did have a generator and batteries. Kind of like the setup you have. Of course they had kerosene lamps. We still have them and use them when the juice goes out. My great-grandmother got sick out there and passed away in a hospital down in the valley. My great-grandfather would still come out but, I don't think he stayed as long. My grandparents also came out. They never stayed as long. Couple of months as they got older. My grandfather was 97 when he came last. He lived to be 99. I think one of the factors to his long life was the time in the mountains. I remember the mines being open. Creede was rough and ready back then. I can remember maybe four bars open. I can remember when there were very few cabins upriver. Mainly guest ranches. When they finally paved the road from Wright's Lower to up towards Lake City. My grandparents thought the country was going to hell in a handbasket. I can remember when I could run from the cabin to the Fern Creek Trailhead and back. I can remember when the hippie girls would come down from the commune up on Little Fern. To buy supplies at Freemon's Store when it was in the big house there. My Dad would never let me go up there for a visit. Imagine that. There were many hippies in Creede at that time. There was a time when the backpackers were everywhere. The outfitters did not like it one bit. There were years when I was not able to spend much time there. The best times were spent there with my family. Bar-B-Que ing on the front porch. Playing cards to the wee hours of the night. Everybody sitting around the table watching the radio. When we landed a man on the moon. Riding a surefooted mountain steed over the high country. Lively conversations were had there. Most of my folks are gone now. But, I am having joy showing my grandkids the many aspects of the San Juans. It is a heck of a thing to become old enough to realize you have become Santa Claus. I'll stop rambling now. But, this has been fun. All the Best. My first visit 18 miles up river. Was when I was in diapers. Cloth diapers mind you. I can’t remember the issues my mother had. But, she vowed not to come back till they had electricity and indoor plumbing. So I did not return till I was around four. My Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother came out in June and stayed till October. They loved it. They came out in Model T’s and A’s. Took them around four days to get there. They would camp on the side of the road. No worries then in the 30′s to be attacked. I think they did have a generator and batteries. Kind of like the setup you have. Of course they had kerosene lamps. We still have them and use them when the juice goes out. My great-grandmother got sick out there and passed away in a hospital down in the valley. My great-grandfather would still come out but, I don’t think he stayed as long. My grandparents also came out. They never stayed as long. Couple of months as they got older. My grandfather was 97 when he came last. He lived to be 99. I think one of the factors to his long life was the time in the mountains. I remember the mines being open. Creede was rough and ready back then. I can remember maybe four bars open. I can remember when there were very few cabins upriver. Mainly guest ranches. When they finally paved the road from Wright’s Lower to up towards Lake City. My grandparents thought the country was going to hell in a handbasket. I can remember when I could run from the cabin to the Fern Creek Trailhead and back. I can remember when the hippie girls would come down from the commune up on Little Fern. To buy supplies at Freemon’s Store when it was in the big house there. My Dad would never let me go up there for a visit. Imagine that. There were many hippies in Creede at that time. There was a time when the backpackers were everywhere. The outfitters did not like it one bit. There were years when I was not able to spend much time there. The best times were spent there with my family. Bar-B-Que ing on the front porch. Playing cards to the wee hours of the night. Everybody sitting around the table watching the radio. When we landed a man on the moon. Riding a surefooted mountain steed over the high country. Lively conversations were had there. Most of my folks are gone now. But, I am having joy showing my grandkids the many aspects of the San Juans. It is a heck of a thing to become old enough to realize you have become Santa Claus. I’ll stop rambling now. But, this has been fun. All the Best.

]]> By: bekawhit http://highmountainmuse.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-30 bekawhit Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:41:58 +0000 http://highmountainmuse.com/?page_id=8#comment-30 Gin! I am very excited about that as well! I for sure need to be "trained" - most definately, but I want to learn. I am confident you are a great teacher. I am also thrilled to be joining you all up there, I can hardly wait for the time to come! :) Gin!
I am very excited about that as well! I for sure need to be “trained” – most definately, but I want to learn. I am confident you are a great teacher.

I am also thrilled to be joining you all up there, I can hardly wait for the time to come! :)

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