tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post3768754748627566368..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Not A Berry Good YearMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33551134599852433772015-08-30T09:28:03.098-07:002015-08-30T09:28:03.098-07:00Have the huckleberries gotten too fast for you?Have the huckleberries gotten too fast for you?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12814419114042120992015-08-30T09:27:40.749-07:002015-08-30T09:27:40.749-07:00I think we used cat food for crawdads. And up at ...I think we used cat food for crawdads. And up at Burnt Lake they were so large they couldn't get through the hole in the trap. They were clinging to the outside. Or, possibly they were lobsters.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88005222833048270012015-08-29T21:52:32.660-07:002015-08-29T21:52:32.660-07:00I have fond memories of chasing the wild huckle in...I have fond memories of chasing the wild huckle in the wooded areas around Mendocino (California). Too old to do that now but we sure had great times. Bev Sykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794928133704720689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-62345548815049545472015-08-29T17:31:40.601-07:002015-08-29T17:31:40.601-07:00Yeah, I know the feeling.
Sigh.
I just SO BADLY wa...Yeah, I know the feeling.<br />Sigh.<br />I just SO BADLY want smart people to read this stuff. And you're smart people.<br />But I didn't mean to be pushy. Just SO BADLY want smart people ... etc.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-61469461497820702792015-08-29T17:23:22.880-07:002015-08-29T17:23:22.880-07:00Hmmm...just noticed that my comment did not go in!...Hmmm...just noticed that my comment did not go in! And I did not even say anything bad or off color (like that would matter here!). I have been to Trillium Lake many times and enjoy the hike around it, the view, and the fishing for crawdads. I would catch them using a bit of hot dog on a fishing line hook. Did better than those who had the traps! In fact, I once placed all of mine into a trapRose Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180873324576064516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5257969682691404392015-08-29T09:02:47.511-07:002015-08-29T09:02:47.511-07:00OK, sugar, I'll try to make time for it, but m...OK, sugar, I'll try to make time for it, but man, you know? I am just not convinced that we're all that worth saving. I think that's what it comes down to.<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25673032733800860132015-08-29T09:02:35.305-07:002015-08-29T09:02:35.305-07:00Well, shoot! How about that! I wonder why it isn&#...Well, shoot! How about that! I wonder why it isn't used more. I had a single one and thought it was just fine, but I was eating it with my face all screwed up because I wasn't sure if it was poisonous, and screwing your face up helps.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16530259042485079302015-08-29T04:52:18.383-07:002015-08-29T04:52:18.383-07:00Salal is delicious! My favourite berry! Mom called...Salal is delicious! My favourite berry! Mom called it a "SuperGrape" and cooked it, stems and all, then strained it and made salal jelly. Nothing beats it.<br />I never get that far; I eat them raw, when they're really ripe and finger-staining.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42501820258839785132015-08-28T10:34:37.485-07:002015-08-28T10:34:37.485-07:00Okay, to sweeten the pot, I'll give you a prev...Okay, to sweeten the pot, I'll give you a preview: Part I is about Elon Musk and Part II is about his production of electric cars (Tesla S). Part III, to which I linked, is about another of Musk's big ideas: how to preserve the fragile human species in this vast universe. If none of that triggers your interest, you better check your pulse :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-47721385238986655202015-08-28T10:31:20.320-07:002015-08-28T10:31:20.320-07:00That was my thinking all along, too. Until I read ...That was my thinking all along, too. Until I read this piece. It takes a long, looooooonng view, like millions of years into the future. Even if we avoid a global meltdown, what about the other, even bigger, stuff that will happen sooner or later? C'mon, Murr, have I ever steered you wrong? Give it a read :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-86896240994988074182015-08-28T09:53:27.179-07:002015-08-28T09:53:27.179-07:00You're absolutely right about the berry season...You're absolutely right about the berry season variability. I wasn't on solid ground with this one, to even intimate that the berry shortage was related to anything else, and I knew it, but sometimes my mind just goes vining into desolate territory on its own. I'm with you on space exploration, but colonization? Can't we be satisfied with ruining just the one planet??Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1680079579117967762015-08-28T09:51:29.445-07:002015-08-28T09:51:29.445-07:00I actually still have some of last year's berr...I actually still have some of last year's berries! So there's still a pie possibility.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91786511724599287342015-08-28T09:05:14.802-07:002015-08-28T09:05:14.802-07:00Although I don't dispute your opinion of where...Although I don't dispute your opinion of where our planet is being driven, I can tell you that we picked berries all through my childhood and there was a lot of variation from year to year depending on when we got rain and how much and when we got sun and how much.<br /><br />For a fascinating read (but long, just preparing you) here's a link (and Parts I and II are equally good, as I jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52976215534978140562015-08-26T23:34:06.315-07:002015-08-26T23:34:06.315-07:00Come in our winter, we get the clouds and rain, bu...Come in our winter, we get the clouds and rain, but also plenty of sunshine still.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9910861073365684672015-08-26T23:30:48.223-07:002015-08-26T23:30:48.223-07:00Seems like last year's bumper crop included th...Seems like last year's bumper crop included this year's berries. You'll have to hope next year is another bumper. <br />I like your descriptions though, the burbling creek, the mountain gathering its snow like an old woman would a shawl. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12255611804122580412015-08-26T20:26:12.583-07:002015-08-26T20:26:12.583-07:00And will we know?And will we know?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-19170098418242184342015-08-26T20:25:56.955-07:002015-08-26T20:25:56.955-07:00I'd love to come visit you if you could keep s...I'd love to come visit you if you could keep some of that torridness at bay.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32789369474340342802015-08-26T20:25:08.732-07:002015-08-26T20:25:08.732-07:00Obviously the fate of this year's berries does...Obviously the fate of this year's berries does not perfectly reflect the fate of the planet. But it does make one morose, under the right (wrong) conditions.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80358006002374183022015-08-26T20:24:14.185-07:002015-08-26T20:24:14.185-07:00Yeah, I went off the rails there, a little bit. It...Yeah, I went off the rails there, a little bit. It happens. You never know.<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25098013309025360152015-08-26T17:49:29.140-07:002015-08-26T17:49:29.140-07:00Shoot. That was depressing. I'm going to hav...Shoot. That was depressing. I'm going to have to read Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction in order to cheer up.<br />knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32724623333843896812015-08-26T17:16:23.281-07:002015-08-26T17:16:23.281-07:00I'd never come across "jake brakes" ...I'd never come across "jake brakes" and wondered if it meant compression braking.Mr Google confirmed my wonderment.But, y'know, I think I'll think of it as a trucky called Jake who does not limit his compression breaking in suburban streets...<br /><br />Sadly, there are little tableaux like your shoebox all over this tired old rock.But maybe next year...dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10873259957810269532015-08-26T13:28:02.892-07:002015-08-26T13:28:02.892-07:00Summer is frequently a surly overstayer here. And...Summer is frequently a surly overstayer here. And goodness is she mean.<br />Loved your descriptions (even those which diminished my appetite) and mourn for what wasn't there. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37305371735790896312015-08-26T12:59:25.675-07:002015-08-26T12:59:25.675-07:00Wow the images presented here are bigger than your...Wow the images presented here are bigger than your shoebox diorama. What museum will be there in the future?Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88620908227895988902015-08-26T12:36:30.395-07:002015-08-26T12:36:30.395-07:00Well. That was depressing, wry smiles notwithstand...Well. That was depressing, wry smiles notwithstanding. I hope the weather improves soon. And by that I mean I hope it rains and rains and rains.Kimbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603650665536244583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12428274512718029392015-08-26T10:11:18.941-07:002015-08-26T10:11:18.941-07:00Apparently, I have no power over rain. Or there...Apparently, I have no power over rain. Or there'd be a bunch of it happening here, I'll tell you what.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com