tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post3293465841652002048..comments2023-10-30T10:45:45.193+01:00Comments on Sort of San Francisco Fan Club: Etienne Brule, a 17th Century chameleonFram Actualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-84816384585878337822009-04-11T20:30:00.000+02:002009-04-11T20:30:00.000+02:00Yes, Natalie, I dropped most of the last paragraph...Yes, Natalie, I dropped most of the last paragraph. I thought after re-reading it this morning that it could be interpreted as a bit harsh, and I did not mean it that way. All it was meant to say is that I think men and women often have difficulty understanding each other.<BR/><BR/>I was referring to my photograph.<BR/><BR/>While the Brule-type is somewhat unique, it is not completely uncommon. As Bruce Catton noted, ".... he stayed alive and had exactly the kind of life he wanted to have, becoming -- as happened afterward to many another man who wandered away from the settlements -- more Indian than the Indians."<BR/><BR/>They might come in somewhat different shapes and varied forms but, if you look, you can spot them here and there.Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-77882927230502771332009-04-11T18:36:00.000+02:002009-04-11T18:36:00.000+02:00You changed your reply! Why? Which photograph, you...You changed your reply! Why? Which photograph, yours or mine? <BR/><BR/>P.S. "the joy, the experience, special status..." - I respectfully disagree. One have to be in Monsieur Brule’s XVII century shoes to truly understand his motives... Or no??Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167043840787049344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-30484421474717524182009-04-11T17:22:00.000+02:002009-04-11T17:22:00.000+02:00Natalie, I am glad to see you.Our Monsieur Brule i...Natalie, I am glad to see you.<BR/><BR/>Our Monsieur Brule is of a particular breed because he did what he did for the joy and the experience of doing it, rather than for adulation or for money or to seek special status. Too few of that type are around these days. <BR/><BR/>Brule, in addition to being a chameleon, no doubt also was a true wolf.<BR/><BR/>Did you like the photograph?Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-78023577060141828502009-04-11T04:39:00.000+02:002009-04-11T04:39:00.000+02:00Mr. Fram,I am absolutely sure that Monsieur Brule ...Mr. Fram,<BR/>I am absolutely sure that Monsieur Brule rarely used a horse in his travels, yet how many of us would be willing to give up their cars/private jets as means of transportation?<BR/>In my eyes he is a true Hero.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167043840787049344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-5815904402889501992009-04-10T23:05:00.000+02:002009-04-10T23:05:00.000+02:00I will admit this only to you, CiL, and to no one ...I will admit this only to you, CiL, and to no one else. I frequently can be found bouncing in my chair, too. Music, music, music. Dancing in my chair, I call it, and sometimes rocking with my guitar while I dance the night away.<BR/><BR/>I am glad you enjoyed reading about Brule. I do not know that I would have followed his lifestyle for twenty-some years, but two or three would have been fantastic to me. Paradise revisited.<BR/><BR/>We are cousins in the sense that I have been an agnostic since my very early teens. I do, however, sometimes split my cards and by that means hedge my bets. I do not suppose that would work too well in this instance, though. Thanks, for the visit.Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-88608868822777167362009-04-10T22:59:00.000+02:002009-04-10T22:59:00.000+02:00Greetings, Katy ....Pull out your maps and look at...Greetings, Katy ....<BR/><BR/>Pull out your maps and look at Lake Superior. Another fellow and I did a leisurely six-week cruise of the entire south shore, so I at least have that much in common with Monsieur Brule. I have bits and pieces along the north shore as well, and out to Isle Royale and back one time.<BR/><BR/>I cannot remember when I first "met" Brule. I read Catton's Civil War trilogies in college, and noted at that time he was born the same year as Hemingway and in a town very near the Hemingway's summer cottage. I wondered if maybe they crossed paths as passengers in their baby buggies as their mothers pushed them along a village street.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Good Friday is a good Friday for me, too. No work for me today.Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-26983186535051985122009-04-10T22:54:00.000+02:002009-04-10T22:54:00.000+02:00Two visits from Kelly today. That puts me into the...Two visits from Kelly today. That puts me into the lucky guy category, too. Thank you.Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-80835765929079540232009-04-10T22:08:00.000+02:002009-04-10T22:08:00.000+02:00Another brilliant post, my friend. And thank your ...Another brilliant post, my friend. And thank your guest columnist for me, too. Maybe because I am writing this response under the influence (no, no, I'm not talking about drugs, I don't do drugs, but I am listening to Lou Reed's 'New York' album and I am bouncing up and down on my chair), maybe because of that I was immediately transported to that wilderness which is not a far cry from the urban wilderness Reed describes in his record. Fantastic outing, Fram. Many thanks.<BR/><BR/>On another note, thanks for the poem you posted on my thread. I responded to you, but I will replicate my reply here. As an atheist/humanist, I believe in evolution and in the power that mother nature has over all living and dead bodies (including us, humans, in the former category, of course). That's why I would never be able to see a tree as a piece made by God, but to see it as what it is to me, mother nature's hands at work.<BR/><BR/>Have a happy Easter, mate!<BR/><BR/>Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-6323374733125139582009-04-10T21:35:00.000+02:002009-04-10T21:35:00.000+02:00That's a great story Fram, thank you. It sounds as...That's a great story Fram, thank you. It sounds as if you are very inspired by Brule (and indeed Catton). Are you thinking of retracing his steps, as much as that is now possible in the places mentioned? <BR/><BR/>I frequently have a great desire to live somewhere extremely remote, although I'm sure perhaps the reality would be much tougher than I think! <BR/><BR/>I hope you're having a great Friday too :-)Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333746085472824454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-43284058315301735352009-04-10T21:32:00.000+02:002009-04-10T21:32:00.000+02:00Extraordinary and lucky...most definitely!And the ...Extraordinary and lucky...most definitely!<BR/><BR/>And the photo, yes, it really does :)TheChicGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781656678543589662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-38843095012009618072009-04-10T21:30:00.000+02:002009-04-10T21:30:00.000+02:00Hi there, Kelly ....I think Brule led an extraordi...Hi there, Kelly ....<BR/><BR/>I think Brule led an extraordinary life and was a lucky guy.<BR/><BR/>To me, the photograph reflects a journey offshore from the mainland: Island hopping, crossing each stretch of "wilderness" until reaching the next "refuge," one jump at a time, until finding a "final port" which offers safe haven.<BR/><BR/>I guess the song basically is a pretty sad song, although I never really thought of it that way.Fram Actualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540773153894050197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8989613902205547683.post-83399388851959962902009-04-10T20:37:00.000+02:002009-04-10T20:37:00.000+02:00Hi Fram :) That was very nice. I like the story....Hi Fram :) That was very nice. I like the story. The picture of the lake is very special too.<BR/>The song makes me feel sad :(TheChicGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781656678543589662noreply@blogger.com