tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post5405523286167419024..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Older DatesSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-52984340920916785152008-06-19T19:31:00.000-07:002008-06-19T19:31:00.000-07:00Excellent quoteExcellent quoteMatt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-35931704836519583152008-06-19T14:04:00.000-07:002008-06-19T14:04:00.000-07:00And don't forget Melville:"My development has been...And don't forget Melville:<BR/><BR/>"My development has been all within a few years past. I am like one of those seeds taken out of the Egyptian Pyramids, which, after being three thousand years a seed & nothing but a seed, being planted in English soil, it developed itself, grew to greenness, and then fell to mould."<BR/><BR/>Sadly prescient of his own fate, as if the metaphor determined it, as it did so much for him....Phillip Graysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046364664073960476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-48611100393038332702008-06-19T04:46:00.000-07:002008-06-19T04:46:00.000-07:00Regarding the discussion of catastrophe stories a ...Regarding the discussion of catastrophe stories a few posts ago, I wondered as I read The Road whether anyone would mention carrying seeds. At several points the protagonist finds spilled grain and eats it, but he also surprises himself once by grabbing a bag of marigold seeds from a shed, no good reason.<BR/><BR/>With seeds' germination potential existing hundreds of years into the future, it is little wonder the planet's biome has been so resilient over millions of years and numerous fires, floods, eruptions, ateroid strikes, etc.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.com