I love your name and have from the minute I met you through Substack grow. It's evocative and perfectly captures what you're doing -- both the idyllic side and the not so idyllic side...
“It is significant,” he said after a pause, "that the English regard slackness as a vice."
This is what drives me crazy about American culture. It's so workaholic, so dismissive of leisure, of things that can't be quantified and sold at a profit. And when you say "I share the stories of living here because I do think that there are ways of living our lives that center more on connection than convenience, more on the abundance of goodwill over goods," well ... that's what I'm here for. :-)
I live on Howland Rd and when I first moved here, a friend misheard it as “Howling” so my house is now known as the howlin’ house. I enjoy your writing, thank you.
I initially interpreted it as in ‘Captain’s Log’ (bc of Star Trek), until I learned more about the extra ordinary log home itself. Both!
I really like how you maintain your privacy and safety, just parsing out significant details and leaving location to the imagination.
But I do bet that there are snowy foggy twilights when you are retuning home that it does glow like a UFO; one that you ride in on your inner and universal quests.
love the name and love the writing. it's hard to imagine leaving such a wonderful spot but in a way, the existence of THIS wonderful spot leads one to speculate about all the others. :)
I loved the Lost Horizon movie when I was a kid and love the name of your letter! It's perfect. It's so interesting to me that our yearning to escape to a quieter, more peaceful, beautiful place is age old - as is the competing pull to achieve and impress.
When I was 9 or 10, my mom told me that Lost Horizon was her favorite film. I'm not sure I'd heard of Shangri-La before then . . . it took me another decade at least before I got a chance to see it.
I'll admit to having felt the pull of escape -- around the time I saw Jeremiah Johnson in a theater -- but it turns out that as much as I agree with Del Gue about the Rocky Mountains, I need more infrastructure than that. More than you, it turns out.
I really appreciated learning more about Shangri-La because it was the nickname for my hometown, Ojai, because the filmmaker Frank Capra filmed the movie version of Lost Horizon in Ojai. But I didn't know much about the story itself. Nonetheless, I always "got" and appreciated your play on words with Shangrilogs! Now I need to watch that film (or read the book maybe).
I love your name and have from the minute I met you through Substack grow. It's evocative and perfectly captures what you're doing -- both the idyllic side and the not so idyllic side...
Appreciate this!
“It is significant,” he said after a pause, "that the English regard slackness as a vice."
This is what drives me crazy about American culture. It's so workaholic, so dismissive of leisure, of things that can't be quantified and sold at a profit. And when you say "I share the stories of living here because I do think that there are ways of living our lives that center more on connection than convenience, more on the abundance of goodwill over goods," well ... that's what I'm here for. :-)
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To be able to write like this…. Bravo! And thank you.
I live on Howland Rd and when I first moved here, a friend misheard it as “Howling” so my house is now known as the howlin’ house. I enjoy your writing, thank you.
Love that.
I initially interpreted it as in ‘Captain’s Log’ (bc of Star Trek), until I learned more about the extra ordinary log home itself. Both!
I really like how you maintain your privacy and safety, just parsing out significant details and leaving location to the imagination.
But I do bet that there are snowy foggy twilights when you are retuning home that it does glow like a UFO; one that you ride in on your inner and universal quests.
Live long and prosper!
I like this Captain's Log angle!
love the name and love the writing. it's hard to imagine leaving such a wonderful spot but in a way, the existence of THIS wonderful spot leads one to speculate about all the others. :)
Exactly!
I loved the Lost Horizon movie when I was a kid and love the name of your letter! It's perfect. It's so interesting to me that our yearning to escape to a quieter, more peaceful, beautiful place is age old - as is the competing pull to achieve and impress.
I still gotta watch the movie. Love that you saw it then! I might've ended up here a lot sooner😂
When I was 9 or 10, my mom told me that Lost Horizon was her favorite film. I'm not sure I'd heard of Shangri-La before then . . . it took me another decade at least before I got a chance to see it.
I'll admit to having felt the pull of escape -- around the time I saw Jeremiah Johnson in a theater -- but it turns out that as much as I agree with Del Gue about the Rocky Mountains, I need more infrastructure than that. More than you, it turns out.
And here's a musical interlude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9NvmE
Excellent. Most people just don’t gat it, but most people don’t have a choice. Eternally grateful that we did.
Same🙏🏼
I really appreciated learning more about Shangri-La because it was the nickname for my hometown, Ojai, because the filmmaker Frank Capra filmed the movie version of Lost Horizon in Ojai. But I didn't know much about the story itself. Nonetheless, I always "got" and appreciated your play on words with Shangrilogs! Now I need to watch that film (or read the book maybe).
The book really surprised me in how much I liked it. I love that they filmed “Tibet” in Ojai. Hollywood magic. We’re gonna watch the movie this week!