tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post6466898057536241926..comments2024-02-11T09:55:50.468-08:00Comments on The Eastside View: The Carrizo PlainCharles Sherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-42568945623240838742010-04-30T08:41:25.999-07:002010-04-30T08:41:25.999-07:00James Wright said
"it is, and it is,
the la...James Wright said<br /><br /><br />"it is, and it is,<br />the last time."<br /><br />In a casual sense, we're always living in the "last time" since the present is always at the end of time. In another sense, our destruction of the land does indeed sometimes make it seem we're the "last ones" to see it "as it was" before the white man came to ruin it. The "new world." <br /><br />We're still old enough to remember what California was like before the rapid expansions which began in the 1950's. I suppose for older people, that expansion may have seemed to have started much earlier. Whenever I drive around the state, I am always saddened. Another overpass being developed so another group of housing tracts can be dug into the hillsides. Signs up: "Available." <br /><br />Word verification code: "anoth"Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.com