Big River Sunrise
Big River Sunrise
Originally uploaded by Theorris
The Mississippi at Sunrise. My hotel in New Orleans had a great view of the river churning away below.
Big River Sunrise
Originally uploaded by Theorris
Bwooop!
The trio vs. the pirate-ladyman Recently lis opined that no native Utard remembers Lighthouse 20, the kid show that was broadcast on UHF channel 20. Now I have a slight dispute with lis, in that I remember the pirate on the show was played by a woman, and she recalls someone very different (a man, I presume). Now Lighthouse 20 was not by any means my favorite show (hell I think it replaced Gillagan's Island!), but I do remember it--not really fondly but I remember it. The real purpose of my writing is that I made the comparison of Lighthouse 20 to Hotel Balderdash--a show that apparently ran for 10 years on channel four here in SLC. Now this show was the bomb; not only did it start at 6:00 am 6:45 am and show nothing but 30's-late 40's Warner Brothers cartoons (you know, Bugs and Daffy, but not Porky Pig and certainly not that crap WB churned out from the 50s onward.) These cartoons, of course, were made for adults and the humor was mostly sophisticated in a slapstick kind...
It's kind of amazing, isn't it? When I was little, we used to drive from Arizona to Georgia and back (my granddaddy lived in Georgia) and crossing the Mississippi was always a very big deal. Also, it took a long time to drive across Texas.
ReplyDeletewhen I lived in Western Illinois, I spent many weekends driving down to the Mississippi. I had a favorite spot where there was a log to sit on and I would always see birds. My life in IL was lonely, but I often miss the river, the silence and immensity of it all.
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