Comments on: Getting Local http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: L. http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88631 L. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:00:39 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/#comment-88631 You say, "It also seems a tad unfair to use such a huge chunk of Mr. A’s -- the family’s -- money to finance my own personal agenda." Perhaps this says more about me than about you, but.....it doesn't seem unfair to me at all! You say, “It also seems a tad unfair to use such a huge chunk of Mr. A’s — the family’s — money to finance my own personal agenda.”

Perhaps this says more about me than about you, but…..it doesn’t seem unfair to me at all!

]]> By: lisa http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88535 lisa Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:13:44 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/#comment-88535 So, I just spent a night at the museum with hundreds of Texans. Oilmen, that is. I'm just saying, if you want to explore other cultures... ~lmc So, I just spent a night at the museum with hundreds of Texans. Oilmen, that is. I’m just saying, if you want to explore other cultures… ~lmc

]]> By: Rebecca http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88479 Rebecca Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:17:22 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/#comment-88479 I've recently discovered the joy of local vacations - My folks have a time-share condo a 4-hour drive away from us, over the mountains where the air is hot, the water is warm enough to swim in, and the hills are covered with orchards. We've taken our girls a couple of times now, and it's as close to relaxing for me as any vacation-with-young-kids is likely to be. The very fact that I'm surrounded by miles of orchards, with no note-worthy natural or human-made wonders that "must" be visited is very freeing. We eat a lot of grilled food, we swim, we eat too many popsicles. Having been raised on family vacations involving getting up at the crack of dawn to experience dawn on the local mountain, hiking to waterfalls, etc, all the lazing about and lack of inertia in heaven. I miss travel, but I've discovered that family vacations in seemingly boring places suit me just fine. I’ve recently discovered the joy of local vacations - My folks have a time-share condo a 4-hour drive away from us, over the mountains where the air is hot, the water is warm enough to swim in, and the hills are covered with orchards. We’ve taken our girls a couple of times now, and it’s as close to relaxing for me as any vacation-with-young-kids is likely to be. The very fact that I’m surrounded by miles of orchards, with no note-worthy natural or human-made wonders that “must” be visited is very freeing. We eat a lot of grilled food, we swim, we eat too many popsicles. Having been raised on family vacations involving getting up at the crack of dawn to experience dawn on the local mountain, hiking to waterfalls, etc, all the lazing about and lack of inertia in heaven. I miss travel, but I’ve discovered that family vacations in seemingly boring places suit me just fine.

]]> By: Betty Palme http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88478 Betty Palme Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:42:26 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/#comment-88478 This has nothing to do with the current post, just an older one. I thought you'd find the following headline interesting. What you said in your blog made this one jump right out at me. Cops: Dad Strangled Daughter Over Divorce Daughter Wanted Out Of An Arranged Marriage; Father, Whose First Language Is Urdu, Faces Murder Charges I'm another womens studies person.... Fascinated by other cultures and I like the outdoors, so I'd be OK with either trip as long as it wasn't tourist season at the Grand Canyon. And I don't like to work either. This has nothing to do with the current post, just an older one. I thought you’d find the following headline interesting. What you said in your blog made this one jump right out at me.

Cops: Dad Strangled Daughter Over Divorce
Daughter Wanted Out Of An Arranged Marriage; Father, Whose First Language Is Urdu, Faces Murder Charges

I’m another womens studies person….
Fascinated by other cultures and I like the outdoors, so I’d be OK with either trip as long as it wasn’t tourist season at the Grand Canyon. And I don’t like to work either.

]]> By: Gothic guera http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88471 Gothic guera Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:44:40 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/#comment-88471 Atcually I recall visting the grand canyon for X-mas break. It was AMAZING!!!!!!! (O.K I like nature ) but I was able to meet veryone from all over the U.S and world(I lived in cali my whole life and hardly meet eanyone outside the state odd?) But i was actaully able to study the histroy native American cultre(I call it the REAL American cultre) Art, and Music(OK Native American cultre in the south west is my minor) Atcually I recall visting the grand canyon for X-mas break. It was AMAZING!!!!!!! (O.K I like nature ) but I was able to meet veryone from all over the U.S and world(I lived in cali my whole life and hardly meet eanyone outside the state odd?) But i was actaully able to study the histroy native American cultre(I call it the REAL American cultre) Art, and Music(OK Native American cultre in the south west is my minor)

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