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[RC] A Thousand Country Roads - Jim HollandThis is not horse related....but somehow seems to touch what we as Long Riders can identify with. If you haven't read "The Bridges of Madison County", then you need to read that FIRST....or this won't mean anything to you. If you HAVE read "The Bridges of Madison County", then you need to read "A Thousand Country Roads". It's a small book, but worth the read. I won't spoil it for you with details...but there is one quote by author Robert James Walker that touched my feelings about life. Kincaid asks his son, that he was unaware of, to burn all his photos when he dies....so he can "sweep the path of his life clean". The quote: "My life is worth no more than what I have done with it, and I've always seen the search for immortality as ludicrous, just as elaborate coffins are a pathetic attempt to evade the carbon cycle". I read it on a bright fall day, lying in the hammock in my barn, with the soft whuffles of my horses nearby, the mountains in the distance, and a soft breeze with the promise of winter whispering through the trees. Read it at a time of reflection for you...you won't regret it.... Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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