tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733654361980886883.post1548500542504645281..comments2023-10-24T05:18:53.448+10:00Comments on Steve Capelin, Writer. My Missing Life: A Passion for PlaceSteve Capelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14838386764407644146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733654361980886883.post-39839666362195163532012-01-11T09:08:00.972+10:002012-01-11T09:08:00.972+10:00I think you are onto something here. I have this s...I think you are onto something here. I have this saying: "Follow the passion". <br /><br />The best stuff is created from a real connection with the subject. I look forward to reading it.Dr Mad Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274692672575145183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733654361980886883.post-52611621028858943142012-01-06T20:37:49.163+10:002012-01-06T20:37:49.163+10:00I believe the best writing comes from experience, ...I believe the best writing comes from experience, most of whatever I produce has its base there. I don't do Resolution Lists either (too disappointed at the end of the first month to bother with the next 11)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733654361980886883.post-58037977698760810242011-12-28T17:56:10.028+10:002011-12-28T17:56:10.028+10:00So am I! (honoured, that is). I also love Barry Lo...So am I! (honoured, that is). I also love Barry Lopez' work and have been delving into Desert Notes, River Notes lately.It's quite trippy in a seventies kinda way.<br />My boss Old Salt is a lot like your Uncle Paddy and whenever he feels me get bored, he'll launch into a story about how the mullet lay up in that bay 'over there'. He says that nature is his God, the old heathen, and I think he's spot on.<br />It's funny that these old blokes who know what they're on about when it comes to nature, are usually people who hunt something for a living. Now that that is becoming so unfashionable, we are desperately trying to 'connect' with nature through 'authentic experiences' and fussing our brains about it all. A conundrum ...<br />Happy New Year in NZ Mr Hat(one of my favourite places). We are off bush for a week and I'll post some stories from the salmon gums when I get back.<br />Thanks again, Sarahsarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733654361980886883.post-86863152178440263202011-12-28T16:55:15.739+10:002011-12-28T16:55:15.739+10:00Funny - and of course I'm truly honoured you s...Funny - and of course I'm truly honoured you should mention me in this piece, as I was reading I was thinking about my father, and his attachement and awareness of the place he was born (Manitoulin Island, Ontario). It's a spiritual one - though he would hate that word. But like your Uncle Paddy, he lives in it almost by touch rather than by signs. He KNOWS it.<br /><br />I think you're right on the money, about knowing your own community and local history better by observation. I hope the endeavour doesn't extend entirely outside your blog - because, funny again perhaps, your *place* - your world, is very much exotic to a reader like me.<br /><br />Thank you Steve, and this piece inspired me to do some thinking. And reading. <br /><br />Have a wonderful trip.Jenniferhttp://www.jensrealia.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com