tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986189487671516031.post4003831872030920065..comments2023-12-27T06:46:57.872-07:00Comments on Tales From Beyond the End of the World: Dynamic, A HymnRobbie Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06708885869170287258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986189487671516031.post-53736523803510606162015-03-18T11:33:07.810-06:002015-03-18T11:33:07.810-06:00Thanx!
I was born in Denver, and the population&#...Thanx!<br /><br />I was born in Denver, and the population's grown quite a bit in the last forty-two years. When we moved back from North Carolina we lived a few miles outside of Parker, which was the edge of eastern Colorado. The last time I was there was for my daughter's graduation and it was like southern Aurora, all strip malls and ticky-tacky track housing.<br /><br />I've pretty well always felt I was a Colorado boy. On my mother's side of the family, we go back to the 1850's. However, when I went up to the mountains and got to this valley and this town, it was like getting hit with a two-ton heavy thing. There's just no other way to describe it.Robbie Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708885869170287258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986189487671516031.post-60987081139122486822015-03-18T09:40:13.463-06:002015-03-18T09:40:13.463-06:00My experiences is similar, in some ways. The town ...My experiences is similar, in some ways. The town I live in now has shrunk by 2/3 since it's heyday in the early part of the 20th cent. after the mines died. It's now in relative stasis, population-wise. Yet, it changes, and there is little agreement about whether the changes are good or otherwise. <br />My 'hometown' is in central Oregon, and was around 9K when I left after high school, now it's around 100K and unrecognisable to me. <br />I've lived all around the US, in Europe and Asia, and at my age I'm not sure I've ever found a place that felt like 'mine', for more than a few years. <br />Good for you, Robbie. Keep on keepin' on. <br />Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.com