tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096786653553635219.post7377393280390922165..comments2023-06-10T02:41:54.108-07:00Comments on The Body Electric: Fire Balloons and Ray Bradbury...ahhh summer!The Body Electrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16945209330647855946noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096786653553635219.post-87194620530808428072009-07-31T10:03:00.440-07:002009-07-31T10:03:00.440-07:00I will get you a copy ASAP. A lot of his stuff see...I will get you a copy ASAP. A lot of his stuff seems right up your alley.<br /><br />Yeah, crazy to think of what that generation saw, the Great Depression, World War 2, on and on....to see the world change so drastically in their lifetime, must have been amazing and at times terrifying as well.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing Marcus.<br /><br />:-)The Body Electrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945209330647855946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096786653553635219.post-39598705268068403542009-07-31T01:33:43.726-07:002009-07-31T01:33:43.726-07:00Wow.....I have never read anything by Ray Bradbury...Wow.....I have never read anything by Ray Bradbury....That was a Beautiful excerpt .....It Conjured many forgotten memories of my Great Grandfather.......Haunting memories, I wish i could get back to some how.....and relive.....and spend time with those old Ghost that are long gone now........My Grandfather had a ranch.....I hear it has change much over the years,and is said to no longer resemble the home it once was since his passing......I dont think I will ever go back to it....I would rather remember things my own way.....The way it was when I was a child.......<br />seems like......our grandparents.......are the end of an empire..... The end of an era......its strange, and sad to think that......They are the last Architects, and Artifacts of this Christian Nation.....I feel blessed to have Known some of those Good old Timers....the simple, and wholesome men and Women of my youth....who shared with me there wisdom, patience, and love..............MARCUS MATTERNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096786653553635219.post-60113396220550840472009-07-23T16:10:40.135-07:002009-07-23T16:10:40.135-07:00IN GAS!?!?!? AAAAAAAAH!!! It must have been astou...IN GAS!?!?!? AAAAAAAAH!!! It must have been astounding while it lasted though!!!! WEEEEE! ;-)<br /><br />Yeah, where we live it's dry and dead most of the year so we aren't allowed to do such things here, our whole town would go up in flame.The Body Electrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945209330647855946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096786653553635219.post-72633718503573335102009-07-23T00:18:59.026-07:002009-07-23T00:18:59.026-07:00Soooooo beautiful! I love fire balloons.
Once my ...Soooooo beautiful! I love fire balloons. <br />Once my friend and I built one out of a clothes hanger, a plastic shopping bag and a bundle of cotton soaked in gas. It was really magical(although less elegant than the ones pictured above), until a stiff wind blew the whole thing into the roof of his parents house! I was sure the house was going to go up in flame, thankfully it did not.Micha Merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878959245925536166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096786653553635219.post-34345670342143143262009-07-19T22:28:32.250-07:002009-07-19T22:28:32.250-07:00YEA!!!! I'm so glad!!!! It really moved me in...YEA!!!! I'm so glad!!!! It really moved me in so many ways as a kid, I always hope it does the same for others!<br /><br />:-) <br /><br />Love ewe! (Baaaa)The Body Electrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945209330647855946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096786653553635219.post-59499917320897027682009-07-19T15:09:35.255-07:002009-07-19T15:09:35.255-07:00Wow those pictures are gorgeous!!!!!!!!! I want to...Wow those pictures are gorgeous!!!!!!!!! I want to go to there! I started reading the book yesterday and I really like it so far!The Cat and The Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452196403032454463noreply@blogger.com