Today revisited Bill Mountain for the first time in about 6 weeks, I suppose. And this represents my first excursion into the local woods since then as well, now that the snow and ice have finally gone away, at least for a bit. In just checking the weather, looks like snow will return by the coming weekend. Oh well. But spring is on its way.
I didn’t take any pictures today, and felt I was nibbling around the edges of some central mystery in a literal, physical way as well as a symbolic way. There is a central valley that seems impenetrable, maybe a very good thing. Is this the Forest Home or Mountain Home? I returned to Bullrocks and stared down into the woods, only to see a pair of eyes staring back at me, almond shaped and black like tree trunk holes (which they probably were). It was not really unsettling now, but different looking than when I first saw the effect and described it in this earlier post. I also revisited Little Wiltshire today, but no new highlights there. I didn’t go down toward Rust Spot from the road, not necessarily because I was scared (I was a tiny bit) but because it started to rain a little as soon as I reached L. Wiltshire. And I didn’t realize that darkness was catching up so quickly with me until I started ascending the mountain again, so it’s good I left anyway. Tomorrow I might return to Bill Mountain, but I also received the impression that I can’t ignore other parts of Frank and Herman Parks this spring, and should let this blog and attached hikes progress in a natural way, and that if there *are* aliens there (I have little doubt that they exist in these here woods), that’s the best way to get to know them and set the boundaries between our two camps. Certainly they must be very experienced about dealing with humans and hiding techniques. Camouflage.
Gilatona [collage series] seems over, and the focus shifted back to these parks. Great deal of information received, and I should create a more in-depth analysis of the Latona half of the twin set next week. Can’t wait.
I also need to upload my pictures from the second part of last year to my flickr account. Review the woods pictures again — another fun project. Should be another marvelous year of hiking.
“The aliens are concerned you’re nibbling around the edges of their compound. They asked me to tell you to stop if you could.”
bb:
Don’t go to Twin Falls tomorrow?
Hucka D.:
Um, not sure. Certainly don’t try to get into that central valley, their Forest Home away from Home.
bb:
I think it’s all a red herring, Hucka D. I don’t think anyone is in that valley.
Hucka D.:
Good thoughts to think. So you don’t have to nibble.
bb:
You know I’ll attempt to set up another Billfork, another Lion’s Roar this spring. If not at Bill Mountain, then where?
Hucka D.:
How about Lion’s Roar again? You need to go in there early to beat the bugs. That’s a place I’d choose. Think of maps through that location. Think of Lisa the Vegetarian and what she learned from Marty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Simpson#Development
In The Tracey Ullman Show shorts, Lisa was something of a “female Bart”: equally mischievous but lacking unique traits.[20] As the series progressed, Lisa began to develop into a more intelligent and more emotional character.[45] She demonstrates her intellect in the 1990 episode “Krusty Gets Busted” (season one), by helping Bart reveal Sideshow Bob’s plot to frame Krusty the Clown for armed robbery.[46] Many episodes focusing on Lisa have an emotional nature, such as “Moaning Lisa” (season one, 1990). The idea for the episode was pitched by James L. Brooks, who wanted to do an emotional episode involving Lisa’s sadness, to complement the many “jokey episodes” in the first season.[47]
In the seventh-season episode “Lisa the Vegetarian” (1995), Lisa permanently becomes a vegetarian, distinguishing her as one of the first primetime television characters to make such a choice.[48] The episode was written by David S. Cohen (in his first solo writing credit) who jotted down the idea one day while eating lunch. Then-executive producer David Mirkin, who had recently become a vegetarian, quickly approved the idea. Several of Lisa’s experiences in the episode are based on Mirkin’s own experiences. The episode guest stars musician Paul McCartney, a committed vegetarian and animal rights activist. McCartney’s condition for appearing was that Lisa would remain a vegetarian for the rest of the series and would not revert back the next week (as is common on situation comedies). The trait stayed and is one of the few permanent character changes made in the show.[49][50][51] In the season 13 episode “She of Little Faith” (2001), Lisa underwent another permanent character change when she converted to Buddhism.[52]
Lisa plays the baritone saxophone, and some episodes use that as a plot device. According to Matt Groening, the baritone saxophone was chosen because he found the thought of an eight-year-old girl playing it amusing. He added, “But she doesn’t always play a baritone sax because the animators don’t know what it looks like, so it changes shape and color from show to show.”[53] One of the hallmarks of the show’s opening sequence is a brief solo Lisa plays on her saxophone after being thrown out of music class. The Simpsons composer Alf Clausen said that the session musicians who perform her solos do not try to play at the second grade level and instead “think of Lisa as a really good player.”[45]
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