Places I’ve lived…
- Paradise
- Sacramento
- San Jose
- Davis
- Berkeley
- San Francisco
- Litchfield
- New York
- London
- The Algarve
- Aix-en-Provance
- Paris
- Villiers-Cotteret
- New York
- Boston
- Southport
- Brooklyn
- Laguna Beach
- Seattle
- Paradise
Bear Claw and Jeremiah Johnson meet for the last time after not seeing each other for a long time.
Bear Claw: You’ve come far, pilgrim.
Jeremiah Johnson: Feels like far.
Bear Claw: Were it worth the trouble?
Jeremiah Johnson: [painfully] Ah, what trouble?
Bear Claw: You cook good rabbit pilgrim. Cold up here.
Jeremiah Johnson: What brings you up so high?
Bear Claw: Grizz!
Jeremiah Johnson: Uh, Grizz.
Bear Claw: Avalanche took the cabin, lost my mule. We swum out of it. No matter, there weren’t no Grizz left anyway.
Jeremiah Johnson: You wouldn’t happen to know what month of the year it is?
Bear Claw: Why no, I truly wouldn’t. I’m sorry, pilgrim. Winter’s a long time going?
Jeremiah Johnson: [exhausted] Ah.
Bear Claw: Stays long this high.
Jeremiah Johnson: March. Maybe, April.
Bear Claw: March maybe. I don’t believe April. March is a green muddy month down below, some folks like it, farmers mostly.
You’ve done well to keep so much hair when so many’s after it.
I hope that you fare well.
Gerard Van der Leun
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I have seen “Jeremiah Johnson” maybe 50 times. I showed it to every class I could in my 27 years of teaching. My first wife didn’t like it. She said, “Too cold. Too many Indians.” She lasted a year or so.
Places I’ve lived:
1. Glendale
2. Portland
3. Tulsa
4. Lackland AFB
5. Sheppard AFB
6. Big Spring
7. San Jose, Costa Rica
8. Buenos Aires
9. Oklahoma City
San Jose, CR. I was there part of one and all of the next summer. Very beautiful. Portland, OR – only for a short summer as things didn’t work out there. Congratulations on your time with the USAF.
I made non-commissioned officer. Fooled them all!
http://mikeaustin.org/noncommission_officer.html
Good man!
St Paul – East Side
West St Paul
South St Paul
St Paul Highland Park
St Paul – Near Campus
Wheeling West Virgina – Book Sales Door to Door
Minneapolis x4 all near the campus
Good to see you’re still around Scipio
And it is good to be around, John!
You wouldn’t happen to know what month of the year it is?
-a point arrived when wondering if I belonged anywhere was solidified as fact that I didn’t.
Why no, I truly wouldn’t.
Since I retired two years ago I lose track of the days. I have to check my wall calendar to find out.
LOL
“What are Weekends?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhfpBW-nUWk&ab_channel=Grizabella87
Glad to see you made your escape.
“What is a weekend?” Well, I now refer to my life as a “lifetime of Saturdays.” And the first day of the New Year is a Saturday. That is a good omen.
same, two years last march.
at RETIRED +.0001 I never wanted to work again.
Springfield Il
Booneville Mo
San Antonio
Austin
Dallas
Winfield Ks
Pampa Tx
Chicago
Biddeford Me
San Francisco
Berkeley
Oakland
Eugene Or
Sausalito
Santa Rosa Ca
Rohnert Park Ca
Sebastopol Ca
Not home yet. But I have become a Catholic, and that’s pretty close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz-vegualMg&t=58s&ab_channel=SergeyKorsakov
Welcome home. There is no place like it.
I second our friend Mike’s comment – and also welcome you.
I was born into a family that were practicing Methodists – but found my way home to the Catholic Church as an adult. Remember that those that inhabit the various offices of the Church are only men, and as such are imperfect – some more than others. This doesn’t diminish the value of the Church, nor it’s deposit of faith.
So very true. The Magisterium, the Dogma, the Traditions and the Teachings are true whatever the spiritual condition of those that claim to lead the Church.
I lived in the Sierra’s atop Donner Pass, grew up between Rocklin and A family cabin at Soda Spring/ Norden.
My childhood friends, me would wander for miles and miles, in every direction, a magical place. Right below the cabin,,,,, lay a huge meadow, about 1/2 water, summer time, history tells us that it was that meadow, that the trappers of old, and the Native Americans would meet yearly and trade. Seem to recall was a two week annual event. A historical marker is present, it’s directly across the street from Soda Springs Ski area.
Remember a few years where in college archeology students their Profs, would spend weeks gridding and cataloging artifacts. Strangely I’ve never felt the need to pick old stuff up. I’ve walked past many an arrow head, not there, but Modoc Wars battle sites. I’ve been to all of those sites.
Anyway living in the mountains is special for me, we’re at 4200 here, would really like to live above 6000, keeps the retards away.
If your not comfortable in extreme cold, or extreme snow, not the place for you.
If you couldn’t handle snowed in for a week or two, if your don’t store lots of extra food, firewood, if your not willing to shovel snow,, it’s simple don’t come. Mountain living is special,,,,,,, gods gift to the hearty.
Great read, one of my favorite movies aswell.
Speaking of movies, watched “ Don’t Look Up” the movie, fantastic. We also watched BELFAST, the movie recently. Ireland when the troubles were starting Catholics Protestants. Another move mimicking life. Both were refreshing.
VI
Y’all have me beat by a country mile. Western Pa., Pasadena and the Central highlands for 15 months.
Joe,
Thank you for your service. My wife and I spent about five days in Saigon in 2003, but of course it wasn’t a two way shooting range then.
Kannapolis
Summers in Appalachians
Summer in Canadian bush
Green River
Rock Springs
On the Green River
Kannapolis
Knightdale
Cary
Manassas
Bluemont
Green Mountain
Tucson
Short Gap
Fort Ashby
Wilson
But my home is my wife
Now that is Romance! Well done sir!
Places I lived in reverse, adding states
Hendersonville, NC
Murrieta, CA
Menifee, CA
Beaverton OR
Tigard OR
San Diego, CA
Parsippany, NJ with a stop in Philly for 1 yr of college
Redmond WA late 70s before MS
Denver, CO
Plattsburg, NY
Ft Worth, tx
Marysville, CA
I live in the deep forest now.
Where I lived before doesn’t matter.
I have come far pilgrim and here I’ll stay.
New York City
Detroit
Einbeck
Hannover
Celle
Dearborn
Halifax
Duluth
Yakima
Edmonds
Santa Barbara
Lethbridge
Fort Macleod
Calgary
Harpenden
Camberwell
Tower Hamlets
Akron
Eureka (MT)
Cranbrook (BC)
Sheridan
Leadville
Albuquerque
Silver City
Saint George
Reno
Sparks
Frederick (MD)
Forgot:
Selah (WA)
Newark (OH)
I’ve lived,
Edinburgh Oh
Mosherville Mi
Deerfield Oh
Mosherville Mi
Princeton Ky
Roanoke Ind
Francesville Ind
Deerfield Oh
Napoleon Oh
We lived outside these small towns, managing
large hog farms. Until the hog crisis of ’98-99
Concord, CA
Stockton, CA
Azusa, CA
Buena Park, CA
Quantico, VA
Ft. Knox, KY
Houston, TX
Denver, CO
Papara, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
Renton, WA
Aurora, CO, alternating with Boulder (during university years)
Dotsero, then Gypsum, then Eagle, CO (summer job)
Aurora, CO, alternating with Boulder (during university years)
Renton, WA
Sapporo, Hokkaido
near Portland, OR
Chula Vista
Riverside
Manteca
Tulare
Visalia
Porterville
College Station
Good memories at all of them. Bad memories too. But right now I’m happier than I’ve ever been. God has blessed me and my wife, and I can’t wait to see what’s next. Retiring in 2023 from public school teaching. God will have a great plan for me.
“Good memories at all of them. Bad memories too.” You just described life in one sentence.
I retired from public school teaching in 2019. Have not been better. Also have not cut my hair in 3 years. I just about live on my Surly bicycles. I cry when I watch dog videos. I laugh when I read the news. I can’t remember the last time I was angry. Life is good.
Washington Heights, NYC
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Toms River, NJ
South Orange, NJ
Bridgeton, NJ
Cranbury, NJ
South Philadelphia
Manila
West Philadelphia
Libreville
Franceville
Roxborough
King of Prussia
Palmerton, PA
Daytona Beach
Ahhhh…Manila.
Marietta, Bellbrook and Xenia OH
Handful of small towns around Wichita KS
Spent a ton of time with family around Cross Lanes WVA
Muntinlupa City, Philippines
Wichita KS
Semi-retirement in ~3 years, depending on where my two moneys go to school.
Hmmm… well, uh…
My folks moved us from Trenton, Michigan to La Habra California in the winter of 1963. When we got here it felt like heaven.
Still here, and I don’t regret it. For all its faults, this place still speaks “Home” to me, and I love it. If I had wanted to leave, I would have left. Never wanted to leave.
JWM
Here’s mine:
Perth, W. Australia
Duri, Sumatra
Ahwaz, Iran
Bahrain, whatev’
Rastanura, Saudi Arabia
Port Angeles, WA
Seattle, WA
Forestville, CA
Canby, OR
Cornville, AZ
Flagstaff/Williams, AZ
Willcox, AZ
Payson, AZ
What a long, strange trip it’s been!
Carmel, IN
Greencastle, IN
Northfield, MI
Ann Arbor, MI
Novi, MI
Troy, MI
Eden Prairie, MN
Lake Forest, IL
Concord, CA
Danville, CA
Clayton, CA
I do not miss much in the Midwest (long, dark, cloudy winters with no sun for six months) and love CA weather but fear I must leave this state once and for all to escape the mask Nazis and never ending lockdowns. I read about life in Florida and it seems those folks are living in a completely different country than Kaliforniastan. Must be nice to live in a free state.
It is. Oklahoma is about the freest state in America. Best gun laws too—which makes it the freest state in America.
If you like screemin hot humidity FL is your daisy. I lived in southwest FL for 40 years and left there 15 years ago cause I just couldn’t stand the heat any more. I’ll never go back.
Oh yeah, it’s crowded as hell too. I’m not much of a people person.
I’m not much of a people person.
…man, I had to clutch my pearls.
You? Not much of a people person? Say it ain’t so, Ghost! Actually, neither am I. I enjoy solitude more and more. I could make the argument that I’ve been mostly alone since I was a lad. But I have never been lonely—not once, not ever. Never been bored either. Or depressed. Or pessimistic. Or nostalgic. As far as I can remember, I’ve never been sad.
I have been deliriously contented though. Like today!
I lived in California for about seven years; that’s where my life as Mr. Suburban Man completed its apparently appointed task of falling to pieces. Marriage, career, what remained of my self-respect. Couldn’t wait to leave, hung on there until my daughter was grown and gone and then I vanished like a soap bubble.
Now I live in the Arizona high country, with an asshole Anatolian mutt in a cabin I built myself. I miss the California weather sometimes, when I think about it, but I don’t miss the noise and all the demands. Seems like what I thought was a proper life was nothing but other people telling me what I owed them, when they never seemed to owe me a thing. In the high desert there’s quiet, and it turns out I really needed that. I won’t be leaving.
Nor should you. You paid your dues in California. Now you reap their rewards in Arizona. Good call.
Saginaw, MI
Lathrup Village, MI
Annapolis
Pensacola, FL
Corpus Christi (Padre Island), TX
Kingsville, TX
Virginia Beach, VA
Jacksonville, FL
Virginia Beach, VA
Lemoore, CA
Arlington, VA
Lemoore, CA
Arlington, VA
San Diego, CA
Arlington, VA
Virginia Beach, VA……
Jeffery, clearly a Navy man,,,,my guess,,,,, an Airedale. Right on.
Dirk
Dirk,
Looking at my list, I had to chuckle at the predictability – and I reflected on all of those moves with a growing family over the years. It was a lot to ask of them.
Jeffrey
Gone thru this three times now, amazing really, seems to be a bunch of “ Rolling Stones”. Nice!
I’ve been a lot of places, but I still live on the Willamette Valley farm where my Grandparents moved to in 1942, two miles from where I grew up.
remembering-
in the film there is a brief discussion of JJ’s rifle being a .32 caliber, Bearclaw remarks a larger caliber a wiser choice. I have read the guns were rebored and rifled when the trappers were done for the season and back in a larger population. Blackpowder residue and moisture are highly corrosive.
I’ve seen a fair amount of flintlock and percusson “woodsmans” rifles with .75-80 bores, and many smoothbored.
Doug has me by one. 29 different addresses, that I can think of offhand, might be more but that’s near enough. Ten states but only one foreign country. That one was a doozey, though. It’s just a string of names, so I won’t bore you or myself with listing them.
Only a couple I’d want to go back to for any length of time.
Thomas Wolfe said, “You can’t go home again.” Who’d want to, I wonder. If it was all that great, you’d have stayed. Sometimes you just got to go.
First twenty one years, lower forty eight; Ohio, Florida, NYC.
Next sixty two and to date; North Pole and Fairbanks, Alaska.
Enjoying travel (Should’a said enjoyed, ain’t gonna mask, test, vax to the max to do it now.), usually a month or more at a time. Mostly around the Ring of Fire, the Pacific rim, from the Russian wild, wild far east down to OZ, Bangkok to Puerto Vallarta, Rarotonga to Unalaska, -but always glad to get back up above the 64th parallel.
T’ain’t for everybody but most definitely my home, sweet, home.
I reckon it depends on length of stay.
San Diego for 16 yrs
Spent a summer outside Boise ID.
WNC
Lackland AFB for 8 weeks
Keesler AFB for six months
Germany for a couple of years
Back to WNC
Six different areas of Atlanta over an 8
year period
Back to WNC
Salem, Pickens, Six Mile and West Union, SC, where we reside now.
But during the last 8 years, I traveled all over the country for work, staying several weeks at a time. Do those count?
Walnut Creek,CA
Billings, MT
Indianapolis, IN
Shelby, IN
Washington DC
Alexandria VA
Arlington VA
Silver Springs MD
Hagerstown MD
Tampa FL
Punta Gorda FL
West Palm Beach FL
Pompano Beach FL
Charleston SC
Virginia Beach VA
Basically a year all over Connecticut
Chester NY
About 7 weeks all over Tennessee
Santa Fe NM
Houston TX
San Antonio TX
Austin TX
Sioux Falls, SD
Des Moines IA
Lee’s Summit MO
Kearny MO
Too many places to remember all the names.
DAMM MIKE!!! What the hell were you selling?