It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

[Ptah]

“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing,”

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“(But when I am alone) in the half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my
soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and
the hope that a fish will rise.

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the
world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks
are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.”

“I am haunted by waters.”

http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/territory/river-brought-fame-to-blackfoot-years-ago/article_a35f73e8-d821-11e1-89fc-001a4bcf887a.html

[HopeHoops]

1. Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play.

[Ptah]

2. However, the decline of the Blackfoot had started before “River” was made into a film,

However, the decline of the Blackfoot had started before “River” was made into a film,
because of logging, mining and agriculture. In fact, Redford took one look at it and went
off to audition other rivers to play the Blackfoot.

The upper Yellowstone, Gallatin and Boulder rivers were chosen. Nearby Livingston
became Missoula, further disgruntling local fans of the book who thought it a sacrilege
to take the story of a Missoula family across the Continental Divide, to a town 226 miles
away and to rivers that didn’t even wind up in the same ocean as the Blackfoot, to film it.

After the movie was released, many were mollified by one line in the movie.

Sheffer, playing Norman, starts the sentence and Pitt, as Norman’s brother Paul, quickly joins in.
Missoula crowds who packed theaters when the movie first came out cheered when they heard it.

“The world is full of bastards,” the brothers say, “the number increasing rapidly the
further one gets from Missoula, Montana!”


http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/territory/river-brought-fame-to-blackfoot-years-ago/article_a35f73e8-d821-11e1-89fc-001a4bcf887a.html

[HopeHoops]

4. Well, I knew when I posted that we were on different subjects. It just seemed appropriate.

I still have my "Yellow Submarine" lunchbox. I used all of the temporary tattoos and the lunchbox later turned into a crayon box (no idea what happened to the thermos). "Feeling Groovy" ("The 59th Street Bridge Song&quot was my favorite song at the time and "Kimba the White Lion" and "Ultraman" were my favorite TV shows.

I don't think any of that has anything to do with "River", Blackfoot, Yellowsotne, Gallatin, or Boulder rivers, but, as I said in the reply title, it was an obvious response to "It was 20 years ago today".

By the way, how are the sunflowers doing? Is the drought screwing them up? We've had extreme heat mixed with massive thunderstorms (like right now). EVERYTHING is doing well, including the 50 or so plants (maybe more) that we have in pots. Weird damn season. The only thing that's showing sign of stress is the heirloom tomato and I think that's because it's feet are wet. There's a good 4' of tilled ground under it. I swung a pick axe through shale for a month to build that bed.

I love sunflowers but didn't grow any this year. I usually mix them in with the potatoes but didn't get the timing right. The black-eyed susans (my favorite flower) have spread in the perennial bed and they're beautiful. We just grow the sunflowers for beauty. The birds eat all of the seeds. What is left over doesn't really meet the "useful" standard.

What was the subject again? I think I need to go to bed.

[Ptah]

6. I have not had positive results with sunflowers this year.

I feel like I have let some of my DU friends down.

I do have some photos from my zenith.

[HopeHoops]

9. Wow. Those are great shots! I sort of wish I'd put some in this year. Oh well.

The black-eyed susans are already in bloom!!! That's screaming early. They spread a bit, but I'm cool with that. They're providing most of the yellow/orange right now. Our perennial bed is pretty well covered for color all season by one thing or another.

[rustydog]

3. A River Runs Through It...One of my favorites

"Each one of here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding."
Norman Maclean

I was born in Missoula, fished the rivers with my Uncle. The movie is just too cool.

[Ptah]

5. I was born in Conrad, have cousins and life long friends in Missoula.

[rustydog]

7. Hey fellow Montanan!

I have cousins still living in Missoula. An Aunt in Havre.
I was born in Missoula, went to 2nd thru 4th grade in Ronan then we moved to WA.

we had a family reunion at Flathead Lake last month.

I miss the place. Still consider it home even though I've been gone for decades.

[Ptah]

8. We're having a reunion in Bozeman next summer, if summer is on Tuesday.