The body travels more easily than the mind, and until we have limbered up our imagination we continue to think as though we had stayed home. We have not really budged a step until we take up residence in someone else's point of view.
John Erskine (1879-1951)
Educator and writer
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SoWal Insider
SCK- Is this the Erskine that wrote Tobacco Road? Read it in college-a very disturbing account of the South during the Depression. I guess all accounts of that era are disturbing though. 
Good quote-something to think about
Good quote-something to think about
Beach FanaticAuthor
Probably so, but not sure to be honest. I'll do some research and get back. When I saw it, just thought it might help explain part of the sowal addiction. Is it just a coinkydink that most of us like travelin' too? Sowal is so beautiful, kinda like other's points of view and having a funn place to share them like the bb. Hope that doesn't sound too full of 'it'.
I'm just feelin' thankful for this place and my fellow sowalers. 
Looks like he was a professor at Columbia University who did write lots of other works.
I'm just feelin' thankful for this place and my fellow sowalers. Looks like he was a professor at Columbia University who did write lots of other works.
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Beach Fanatic
I loved the quote. I am going to use it. It fits many of the threads we all read!
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You never really know a place until you begin to dream in the native language. But it still may be nice to visit.
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You never really know a place until you begin to dream in the native language. But it still may be nice to visit.
love it!
Beach Fanatic
The body travels more easily than the mind, and until we have limbered up our imagination we continue to think as though we had stayed home. We have not really budged a step until we take up residence in someone else's point of view.
John Erskine (1879-1951)
Educator and writer
Thank you for this ....so true.
Beach FanaticAuthor
It reminded me of ya'll.Beach Fanatic
I loved it so much, I stole it ;-) and posted it on my school board. It really is so true!!
fartblossom
this is the quote that always sticks with me - courtesy of my momma:
i brought you into this world and i can by god take you out too.
i brought you into this world and i can by god take you out too.
SoWal Insider
SCK- Is this the Erskine that wrote Tobacco Road? Read it in college-a very disturbing account of the South during the Depression. I guess all accounts of that era are disturbing though.
Good quote-something to think about
- In the middle of the night with insomnia, I'm sowalling in my head and mulling over the day, and it dawned on me that the Erskine I was thinking about was Erskine Caldwell, not John Erskine. Funny how things come to you from the depths of your mind in the darkness of the night.
Beach Fanatic
It is amazing that there is such a conflict of emotions when you think about the beach. You are so pumped when the trip is scheduled and as it gets closer, the more exicited you get. When you leave it is such a downer to leave this beautiful place. But then once you get back home you start planning your next trip and it starts all over again. Such a whirlwind of emotions.
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