tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446670791795795027.post2166004624489543282..comments2023-05-30T11:34:27.448+01:00Comments on nordicblackbird.com: waxing crescentNat Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02988451801046005601noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446670791795795027.post-57960404504261056262010-04-18T23:42:42.166+01:002010-04-18T23:42:42.166+01:00Oh, How can we not forget such moment, Kay... And ...Oh, How can we not forget such moment, Kay... And how I agree with you about the way air travel changed. And yes, I utterly agree with you about that notion of "slow down, savour the moment" - how true, my friend! If air travel has brought the world closer together, it too has its drawbacks... Criss-crossed, slashed sky, no longer the monopoly of natural wings! Thank goodness, here, our airspace is much quieter than south. Our skies belong a bit more to our avian kingdom & bumblebees... Nothing like Gatwick or Heathrow. Heavens above!Nat Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988451801046005601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446670791795795027.post-1551786521230211362010-04-18T23:10:39.789+01:002010-04-18T23:10:39.789+01:00Sept. 11, 2001 although tragic and a watershed mom...Sept. 11, 2001 although tragic and a watershed moment for air traffic..changing forever the way we traveled about our tiny planet so freely...I sat in my backyard not seeing a plane or helicopter in the sky for what? a whole week?..no contrails against the blue, no hurry up and get there..we lived, it is as if the earth slowed down and we saw the sky as it had been in our ancestors days..I took my watch off and have never put it back on...If I was stranded in Europe I would be hit financially as I would have to find lodging but think of the slower pace of travel..I could take to the road as a pilgrim..maybe a voice is saying..slow down, travel slowly and savor the momentKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819844673551315071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446670791795795027.post-59564257206158869222010-04-18T19:14:26.286+01:002010-04-18T19:14:26.286+01:00Yes, Sarah, thank you for your message and thought...Yes, Sarah, thank you for your message and thoughts on the subject. So, you too hear simiular echoes from Australia. Fascinating.<br /><br />I too had Krakatoa in mind at the tiume of writing, as well as a few others, including Montagne Pelée and Pinatubo.<br /><br />This feeling is very vibrant.<br />...As if humanity was less important than money.Nat Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988451801046005601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446670791795795027.post-35531528364144500842010-04-18T11:42:48.206+01:002010-04-18T11:42:48.206+01:00Nat, you are so right about the media message. I w...Nat, you are so right about the media message. I was so elated that the Mother had stalled our busyness - in my last comment. And I read this and realise, from Australia, where all I hear and see is airports and cranky people, that this volcano is affecting your land in other, more direct, ways.<br /><br />Krakatoa (not sure of the spelling) affected so many peoples a century or so, and the sunsets were recorded in now famous novels. Stay with your beautiful descriptions of this auspicious time. They are precious. Print them out too (for prosterity).sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.com