tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post8870181047183376565..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: How To Disappear A MountainMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20947774693015524012021-03-31T04:54:42.495-07:002021-03-31T04:54:42.495-07:00So interesting. What did the Klamath people call ...So interesting. What did the Klamath people call the lake?<br />KathyWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652110178777446663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60365491591172146122021-03-25T15:48:48.858-07:002021-03-25T15:48:48.858-07:00A-HA! Here you go: "Mazama ash forms orange-c...A-HA! Here you go: "Mazama ash forms orange-colored deposits." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mazama" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>. Now get in there and correct that sumbitch.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-82597421624696495722021-03-25T15:44:57.557-07:002021-03-25T15:44:57.557-07:00Thanks! Now I have to track down the dirty dogs th...Thanks! Now I have to track down the dirty dogs that wrote the thing about it being orangeish.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-86836310429113400182021-03-25T13:16:11.080-07:002021-03-25T13:16:11.080-07:00The Mazama ash layer is actually grey/white, not r...The Mazama ash layer is actually grey/white, not red.<br />DougBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979634527131721164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-55652018038689136982021-03-25T10:26:15.232-07:002021-03-25T10:26:15.232-07:00Our state rock! I guess they're about 60 milli...Our state rock! I guess they're about 60 million years old and occurred in lava flows. We had a lot of lava flows here that covered a lot of territory (like, the whole state?) Anyway, they didn't erupt out of a volcano or anything. Slower process. I'm a little unclear...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46862364919805066032021-03-25T10:17:20.630-07:002021-03-25T10:17:20.630-07:00Oh can you imagine? Of course you can!Oh can you imagine? Of course you can!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24088167368890520502021-03-25T10:16:49.534-07:002021-03-25T10:16:49.534-07:00The depth and clarity, I'm told.The depth and clarity, I'm told.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39732421817261310422021-03-25T10:16:06.837-07:002021-03-25T10:16:06.837-07:00This thread has really taken a turn.This thread has really taken a turn.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-72226293696784334352021-03-25T07:42:43.784-07:002021-03-25T07:42:43.784-07:00As a kid growing up in '50's Bend we would...As a kid growing up in '50's Bend we would often find 'thunder eggs' out in the desert east of Bend. I'm not sure if they came from the Crater Lake or Newberry volcano. The Newberry was much closer. Thunder eggs are hollow geodes, we'd either break them open to see the insides, or just play catch with them. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038376492887695725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45611425321449831232021-03-25T05:08:23.610-07:002021-03-25T05:08:23.610-07:00That is some awesome *found* poetry, right there �...That is some awesome *found* poetry, right there 😎Ann Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326133713766811369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25599018712410051842021-03-24T20:15:14.507-07:002021-03-24T20:15:14.507-07:00P.S. we have our own right here in South Australia...P.S. we have our own right here in South Australia, in a city called Mt Gambier, the caldera is named Blue Lake. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25130771001938789352021-03-24T20:11:04.923-07:002021-03-24T20:11:04.923-07:00Thank you, I never knew exactly how a caldera was ...Thank you, I never knew exactly how a caldera was formed. I'm very glad there was no gold there nor any other marketable mineral.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48827115458297207472021-03-24T19:37:55.829-07:002021-03-24T19:37:55.829-07:00You too? I am not a fan of "found" poet...You too? I am not a fan of "found" poetry, but I just couldn’t resist when I learned from the Humane Society that Seventeen people have died from "large constrictor snake related incidents" in the United States since 1978, so I wrote down the opening words of each of 15 incident reports dating back to 2007, in the order in which they were presented by the Humane Society, andgiraluahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10633091966509005486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29605564947454539362021-03-24T19:31:35.752-07:002021-03-24T19:31:35.752-07:00Crater Lake is mesmerizing. If I lived in sight of...Crater Lake is mesmerizing. If I lived in sight of it, I’d never get a thing done, but stare and stare trying to wrap my brain around that depthless blue. Somehow I can never remember what makes it look like that, like a lake of blue neon. Is it just the depth, a mineral, do you know?Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57964875402234264642021-03-24T17:35:34.409-07:002021-03-24T17:35:34.409-07:00Eek.Eek.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87325568058997884882021-03-24T17:08:09.731-07:002021-03-24T17:08:09.731-07:00Conversely, people accept myth and fantasy as hist...Conversely, people accept myth and fantasy as history. (Old Testament, I'm lookin' at YOU.)mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28010399926111276582021-03-24T12:54:31.506-07:002021-03-24T12:54:31.506-07:00That's just rude.That's just rude.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-65868173223808636022021-03-24T12:53:50.302-07:002021-03-24T12:53:50.302-07:00Isn't it amazing that this legend survived 760...Isn't it amazing that this legend survived 7600 years?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2136526663602378712021-03-24T10:19:58.555-07:002021-03-24T10:19:58.555-07:00Great story! We have a landmark near here called F...Great story! We have a landmark near here called Father Baraga's Cross. Father Baraga found himself on the Wisconsin shore of the lake and wanted to preach to people on the Minnesota side. He hired a local Indian to take him across. A big storm blew up and Baraga thought he was a goner. They made it and Baraga erected a wooden cross to god for getting him across safely. He forgot to thank jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357820440454534635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56402009345228017462021-03-24T09:54:27.845-07:002021-03-24T09:54:27.845-07:00And still we chalk up those old histories (if we h...And still we chalk up those old histories (if we hear them) as myth and fantasy.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85987708419893783642021-03-24T09:43:54.555-07:002021-03-24T09:43:54.555-07:00Yup--and this one's deeper.Yup--and this one's deeper.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-72057959322908270212021-03-24T09:43:17.937-07:002021-03-24T09:43:17.937-07:00They say the lockdown brings out who you really ar...They say the lockdown brings out who you really are...Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52152562636788833062021-03-24T09:42:45.108-07:002021-03-24T09:42:45.108-07:00At first I thought you were describing a depiction...At first I thought you were describing a depiction of modern life in parts of Africa and I could NOT figure out why a person in need would sieve through rivers of sand for bits of bone, and then I saw the author's name. Oh!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39674641806965600012021-03-24T06:31:26.432-07:002021-03-24T06:31:26.432-07:00The lakes I am surrounded by in Michigan all came ...The lakes I am surrounded by in Michigan all came into existence much more slowly, having been scraped out by glaciers.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-63857103154261539632021-03-24T06:29:45.589-07:002021-03-24T06:29:45.589-07:00I, on the other hand, am reading a book about the ...I, on the other hand, am reading a book about the Green River Killer and pretty as Oregon and Washington are, all I can think about right now are clusters of body dumps. Covid lockdown has turned me into a ghoul.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.com