'Elsewhere' I mentioned that I had mapped the Garden of the Gods- he mentioned that he had led mapping projects of that formation and asked me for more info on when I had done it... at that point I had an inkling of a suspiscion- but dismissed it as WAY too improbable- it wasnt until I got his email that I knew the truth...
I asked you about JMS only because I had recieve an email from an unrecognize address and certain details led me, mistakenly, to think it was from jms... turned out to be a different poster on the HZ...
I would like to point out that had that summer course not been such an important time for me I would never have mentioned it in passing the numerous times that I have... and jms would not have been likely to make the connection... It is a testiment to his teaching that the class had such an impact on me...
Too bad that it appears he is going away for a couple of weeks, because there is a lot I would love to reminisce about and catch up on the ~18 years since that summer...
Jms said to me elsewhere, correctly, that you could write a few stories about that summer...
Man, a lot can happen in 18 years... this has triggered a full blown nostalgia attack!
I have a vivid memory of him standing on a gigantic outcrop above our remote desert campsite in the light of the moon and reciting something (he now claims it is the opening of 'Canterbury tales' in Old English) I remember how eerie that seemed.
He also was, bar none, the person primarily responsible for teaching us in the field...
He is a really cool guy...
I didn't have a clue until very recently...
The whole thread (67 posts)
- For RL from community
- re: For RL from community
- Hey Vortex Boy
- "Gainful Employment"
- Hey Lindy: I thought the omnipotent line was funny. (n/t)
- Thanks..... (n/t)
- re: "Gainful Employment"
- re: "Gainful Employment"
- :-) I am 'beaming' (n/t)
- Do you think it needs further amplification, or is the stimulated emission of responses sufficient to shed light on the subject? (n/t)
- Oooh, even better....
- Don't think Lindy's quite on the same wavelength (n/t)
- If you'd been here for more than 5 min, you might know that I KNOW this Sammy.... (n/t)
- re: If you'd been paying attention, you might realize Sam was merely adding to the frequency of puns..... (n/t)
- I just can't resist dumb puns. Sorry. (n/t)
- My bad. Attribute it to stimulated emission. (n/t)
- Let's hope not nocturnal ones like RL's (n/t)
- Hey, at least I have demonstrated I can go all night! :)
- Let's hope not nocturnal ones like RL's (n/t)
- My bad. Attribute it to stimulated emission. (n/t)
- If you'd been here for more than 5 min, you might know that I KNOW this Sammy.... (n/t)
- Don't think Lindy's quite on the same wavelength (n/t)
- :-) I am 'beaming' (n/t)
- Hey Lindy: I thought the omnipotent line was funny. (n/t)