Enga mellom fjella

What my forefathers won

What my forefathers won

Were they the ones too weak, too crazy,
too peaceful to go hunting, to go to war.

Were they the ones the women came to
with inner pain to heal their scars.

Brute strength, good looks, could not win it all.
Sometimes it was the brave of heart.

Did women leave with another gift,
now beating beneath their breasted art.

Before moving on to the Great Beyond,
did my forefathers fertilize their field of stars.

© 2008 Kåre Enga [165.157] 2008-07-22

Historically it isn't always the most masculine of men who win out. Even in other species where one male is alpha, the next generation aren't all his offspring.

ME:

Well, Dolly's almost a hurricane [Parton me for mentioning it] aimed towards Texas, while here in Missoula the day has dawned grey with sprinkles. Does not feel like Summer-in-Montana! Any moisture is good though. Mt. Sentinel may be scorched already, but Fire Season looms next month.

We could use a good scrubbing rain. Not likely. The air here is calmer than anywhere I've ever lived and Missoula is known for its bad air quality (#4 in the nation). Fortunately I don't have asthma, emphysema or the like. Inside my room the air quality has been bad too; but, that's because I cooked salmon in the microwave.

I did laundry yesterday! Yay! I am used to washing by hand in a tub with bar and liquid soup and hanging on a line. No tub, no line. Had to use powder and a washing machine. I'll survive.

I've been here 2 weeks; but I've been gone 3. I'm restless to move on and accomplish something. Each day seems long and boring (they aren't, it's only my perception ). Perhaps it's the Scandinavian blood in me responding to a town with a Scandinavian attitude: play now while the sun is up! brood and write in the winter dark.

Perhaps. I've met many a person with Norwegian heritage as well as Native Americans. Almost everyone has been wonderful. If people make the place, then this is the place to be.

BLOGVILLE:

Got a disturbing response to a blog comment I posted to a newbie ... how I upset the person is beyond me.

I wish I could tell her (in a way she would understand) that WdC is a multi-cultural, multi-generational, pluralistic, virtual community. Many folks here have experiences I will never know and hold viewpoints opposite of mine. Even among friends we must agree to disagree. (I know I wasn't being disagreeable or inappropriate, so ... )

I could advise her that anyone who wants to stay only within their own ethnic, social, religious, cultural group or only wants to associate with like minded people within a narrowly defined genre need to create a membership-only sub-group or find a site that is also narrowly defined (or put everything on private).

I am here, not because I'm like anyone else or liked by everyone else, but because I was invited to sign up, invited to stay and because I am a writer [and too low energy and stubborn to leave].

Perhaps next blog entry I'll post WHO I AM for those who haven't been reading along. Obviously, some of my readers are totally confused.

You know you are in Montana when ...



... there's a bear on every corner!

Montana: 67º at 09:00.

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