MIles still to go

A Saturday morning can be a variety of things. and events and even thoughts, especially on a walk or a run. For a lot of years it was running and on occasion running up Millcreek Canyon. Up the side of the canyon was a trail that came to be when a pipeline was put in years ago. We just called it the pipeline trail and on it you could go 10 miles up the Canyon and then back or you could work your way down to the bottom of the canyon and run the other way on the road. In the mid 1800's my great grandfather came to the Salt Lake Valley. He worked for a time in this very canyon as a laborer.

Today was different. Zach and I walked a 4 mile loop around the area where we live. The air was clear and even a little crisp. We talked about a lot of stuff. It is always worth a few miles on a walk/run to bring up a subject. It may sound a little boring but I brought up books. Well by the way it wasn't boring to me or I wouldn't have brought it up. For that matter two of the three I am going to mention are on my Amazon Reveiws link that you can get to on the link to the right of where you looking. What were his favorite books? Most favorite? Last one he really liked? Then with some time to think about these deep questions, he couldn't think of any really but he suggested several he didn't like. He has read a lot of books. I suggested a few that stood out for different reasons. Even though listing books often leaves out scriptures since they are assumed to by the reality of the author in a place for ranking all their own, I included one on my favorite list of books. "Jesus The Christ" by Talmage combines the 4 gospels in a way that tells the story of Christs recorded life in a unique way. The book leaves you anxious to turn the page and hungry to learn more of "Him". Others from other areas of focus came up. I like William Buckleys "Miles Gone By". I was telling Zach that more than most liberals and conservatives I have found Buckley's point of view more thought out and based on a intellectual look at his subject matter rather than just a reaction to the troubles of the day. In particular I like his consistency. He grew up a Catholic and he has seemed to have consistently cared about his religion through out his life. You have to admire someone who embraces religion because it "means something to him", vs's doing it because it "makes you fell better than others, or as Zach said, "fills a tick" (itch). Another book I like is "As I lay Dying" by William Faulkner. My reason has everything to do with the "music" I hear in the words as I read them rather than the story. I had read and thought about this book for years before I realized that Faulkner title came from Book XI of Homer's The Odyssey, wherein Agamemnon speaks to Odysseus: "As I lay dying, the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades. That said these southern folks, about 15 of them, tell their story or express their viewpoint of what happens in what is called a "stream of consciousness" style of writing. This label says it all. Each character just sort of rambles out in their own language style everything that flows through their mind while old mom sort of checks out. As said I like the sound of their voices in my head.

So Zach and I finished our walk. Summed up the review. It was not without a comment or two on the weather, the air, the fire burning some weeds, questions about what are mom and I going to do, and some other concerns. Just a Saturday morning here today.