Comments on: Detox-uh-fa-kay-shun

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:44:00 +0000

Just found you through another blog I read and wow…I get what you’re saying. I grew up in a Texas town of about 2,500. One stop light. One flashing light. I now live in a suburb of Houston, TX. And, yes, have those same mixed feelings when I visit–plus a whole lot more that just come from down-home family dysfunction. I’ll have to stop by this blog again!

By: jen

jen — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:29:00 +0000

we spent a week in the country with my girly-girls.
and yes.
i had the same lingering thoughts. they had room to run. and i didn’t need to remind them of where the yard ended and the street began.
in my case though. the amount of beer drinking even drove me crazy.
not sure i need to be around that THAT much anymore. then again.

By: MiMi

MiMi — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:18:00 +0000

I know how you feel. Suburbs Suck. From your description of it, I think you live in my neighborhood. Are you the house with black shutters or the green?

By: Lainey-Paney

Lainey-Paney — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:03:00 +0000

…absence.
whoops.

By: Lainey-Paney

Lainey-Paney — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:01:00 +0000

...oh, I think there's something about the country, wide open spaces, nature, and all of the exploring that little minds can muster....something about it is refreshing & exciting.

....and then I look around and see a total absense of Starbucks, variety in shopping, and rodens/creaturs/insects that dwell in that land called "the country", and I'm glad that "goin' into town" is not a part of my everyday language...

I'm just sayin'.
Leave my ass in the city.

By: Ameda

Ameda — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:15:00 +0000

Hey, Awesome pictures! these pictures remind me of the days that I spent with my family, I miss my wife and kids a lot! I am sure they all are doing very well at the moment!

By: dharmamama

dharmamama — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:44:00 +0000

Can’t find a link (OK, I’m too lazy to even look!) but I remember a study that showed that kids diagnosed with ADD, once they spent half an hour just walking through the woods every few days, no longer had any symptoms of ADD. (sorry for that atrocious sentence) Then there’s Last Child in the Woods – have you read that?

http://tinyurl.com/5bnort Here’s an article with an interview of the author: http://tinyurl.com/yuxcc4

Mirinda’s reminisces helped me remember doing the same as a child – outside from morning ’til dark. sigh We live in town – I’m very lucky to live where there are tons of mature trees, and a park close by. But no water they can play in, no woods like I had. I try not to put my stuff on them – just because their childhood is different, doesn’t make it worse. But I so treasured the time I had with trees, and our lake. My boys, literally, don’t know what they’re missing.

By: UrbanVox

UrbanVox — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:53:00 +0000

don’t get me started on my family!
heheheeh

By: Loralee Choate

Loralee Choate — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:07:00 +0000

There are no mature trees in the state of Utah that aren't pines and aspen's up in the mountains.

Any tree you see in the valley is a original or relative of one hauled here in a handcart and planted by the pioneers.

So, when I found a lot with NINE MATURE TREEES?

I effing bought it before I could blink three times.

P.S.
Utahn's drop their "t". "Moun'in" insteand of "MounTain". It's probably a good thing you and I will never spawn. Can you IMAGINE the dialect those poor children would have???

By: the rabbi's wife

the rabbi's wife — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:56:00 +0000

I can’t wait to introduce my kid to the rope swing in my grandmother’s walnut tree on the farm. Her live in the center of Jerusalem is even farther removed from the rural life I grew up with than your kids in suburbia! So, no fear. at least you have grass they can play on!