tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post7419976943863021284..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Our Wonderful World.17Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-44089471541779054132014-04-18T00:48:09.677-04:002014-04-18T00:48:09.677-04:00Petra"
Three hundred years before Christ
Na...Petra"<br /><br />Three hundred years before Christ<br /> Nabataeans,<br />Arabian nomads,<br />abandon goatskin tents<br />chisel homes into cliffs<br />build elaborate conduits<br />create a new way of life.<br /><br />Fifteen hundred years<br />and a half a world away<br />the Anasazi<br />abandon the ways of nomads<br />build houses that climb the side of cliffs<br />learn to farm and create pottery<br />create a new way of life.<br /><br />Looking at those worlds<br />of cliff climbing houses<br />I cannot help but believe<br />we are all connected<br />somehow.<br /><br />(C) Carol WilcoxCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-13156169516720375852014-04-17T08:28:29.843-04:002014-04-17T08:28:29.843-04:00A friend has traveled to Petra and brought me a sm...A friend has traveled to Petra and brought me a small bottle of sand from there. He shared that it was a magical place to see. And yes, as you wrote, it is disappearing. Nice response, Mary Lee.Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-28365286875899085572014-04-17T05:38:42.319-04:002014-04-17T05:38:42.319-04:00I used TitanPad to create a timeline of my writing...I used TitanPad to create a timeline of my writing of my poem this morning. I shot a video capture of it.<br />http://youtu.be/b-X2iLaLsnQ<br />And my blog post<br />http://dogtrax.edublogs.org/2014/04/17/wonder-poem-in-progress-rose-city/<br />Kevin<br />PS -- I loved your last lines, and then your comment about the desert reclaiming its mountains (wish I had used that line in my poem)Dogtraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079631702744063837noreply@blogger.com