tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post8702404082653082182..comments2023-10-20T08:28:27.175-07:00Comments on Writerquake: Old Postcard Wednesday--Ferry Boat "Solano" - Point Costa to Benecia, Calif.Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-79345975627694258032009-08-24T06:25:41.299-07:002009-08-24T06:25:41.299-07:00Hello Lydia,
This is just to let you know that the...Hello Lydia,<br />This is just to let you know that the FESTIVAL OF POSTCARDS issue containing your posts was published Sunday at this address:<br />http://wp.me/pp92w-45h<br />There are actually links to 2 of your articles - this one and the other about Moses on the River Nile.<br />When you have a moment, I hope you will place the link address in the body of your post so that Festival readers can more easily navigate between the individual posts.<br />Your writing is an inspiration to geneabloggers and others - thank you!<br />Evelyn in MontrealEvelyn Yvonne Theriaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512331037467548666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-72185720074280354772009-07-17T17:19:53.870-07:002009-07-17T17:19:53.870-07:00@John- I so appreciate your appreciation of this p...@John- I so appreciate your appreciation of this post! Your own description of the Delta breeze (I didn't know that term) adds such a nice touch of the present to the words written back in 1890. I'm reminded of Walt Whitman's <em>Crossing Brooklyn Ferry</em>, specifically these lines:<br /><br /><em>. . . It avails not, time nor place—distance avails not,<br />I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence,<br />Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt,<br />Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd,<br />Just as you are refresh’d by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh’d,. . .</em><br /><br />Thank you for being a part of this old postcard Wednesday.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-25760563455635226882009-07-17T11:24:55.353-07:002009-07-17T11:24:55.353-07:00Hi, Lydia -
Thanks for pulling out that bit of hi...Hi, Lydia -<br /><br />Thanks for pulling out that bit of history. I live in the Sacramento area, and that wonderful breeze the writer describes is the natural cooling system for this part of the central valley. It's call the Delta breeze, and when it flows in we can instantly feel that coolness and gentle wind as soon as it arrives. Without it, like today, we're up in the 100s.<br /><br />A very beautiful post.<br /><br />Thanks -- JohnJohn Folk-Williamshttp://www.storiedmind.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-39990148669287030492009-07-17T00:03:27.666-07:002009-07-17T00:03:27.666-07:00@Rhi- I hope you find your "roots" some ...@Rhi- I hope you find your "roots" some day, too. Maybe you are too free a spirit to be rooted though, Rhi. Look on it as a good thing and then maybe you can embrace your vagabond life.<br />I think Pleasant Hill may be somewhat near Lafayette? My aunt lived there all her life. The area grew so much in her lifetime...<br /><br />@Nancy- Doesn't the idea of the Solano just set your mind to dreaming? I had no idea that such a thing ever was until seeing this postcard. You're right; it was ingenious engineering. <br />That's so funny your family's view of Bruno! I bought one of my all-time favorite books right there at his bar in Gerlach (waaay before Burning Man was even a piece of flint: <em>The Black Rock Desert</em> by Sessions Wheeler.<br /><br />@the watercats- You said what I felt about this postcard perfectly. It really caught my fancy. So glad you enjoyed it.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-49528139516992307882009-07-16T15:07:53.251-07:002009-07-16T15:07:53.251-07:00wow... there's something hugely romantic about...wow... there's something hugely romantic about this post... I love the idea of ferry boats, all the stories that surround them, memories made on them... *sighs...Batteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-24603439471929894132009-07-16T10:43:14.427-07:002009-07-16T10:43:14.427-07:00P.S. Love your Nevada stories! And Bruno is only a...P.S. Love your Nevada stories! And Bruno is only a "fraud" by my familily's standards, having only arrived in the 1950's :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-17681127924645574682009-07-16T10:41:08.474-07:002009-07-16T10:41:08.474-07:00Wow, a ferry that transported a train? Amazing. I ...Wow, a ferry that transported a train? Amazing. I think it is so incredible what people were able to accomplish without all the modern-day tools that we have now. Can you imagine going from land to water and not getting off the train? Thanks for sharing this story.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-46829484245299570692009-07-16T01:19:48.235-07:002009-07-16T01:19:48.235-07:00Wow...I lived in the countra costa county bay area...Wow...I lived in the countra costa county bay area in late 70's..first lived in Antioch, then moved to Concord (Pleasant hill small "older homes" part of the older Concord contra costa area there) when got remarried in 85. I loved contra Costa county and Pleasant Hill. But now it's so big and I haven't been back there in so long..but am very familiar with all the areas in the bay area you mentioned. <br /><br />As you can see I've "been around" and lived in a lot of places..still not found my "roots" yet maybe one day. <br /><br />You sure do bring back a lot of memories to me upon reading this post..thanks for the history lesson about where I lived for many years, Lydia.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />RhiRhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533771985725095499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-16427553164991143632009-07-15T21:22:12.065-07:002009-07-15T21:22:12.065-07:00@dmarks- Opposition, really? In the Salem Oregon p...@dmarks- Opposition, really? In the Salem Oregon paper this morning there was an article about the two ferries that run over the Willamette River in summertime. I guess one of them will have its seasons of operation expanded. They don't take trains, just cars and bikes, and regular old people!<br /><br />@Kim- It does look like it was an exciting thing. I enjoyed looking at the articles again tonight with my husband. It's an impressive part of Americana. <br /><br />@Francessa- O, he undoubtedly did use the Solano. He toured up and down the coast and cross-country so many times. I think it fed his wanderlust. He moved the family from KC MO to British Columbia, then Berkeley, then New York, then Florida, then Santa Monica, then then then came the Depression with the family settling into the Trinity Alps in California to ride out the storm. He died soon afterward...while on a working trip, via train, in Phoenix.<br /><br />@La Belette Rouge- This really <em>is</em> wild! I'd love for your father's family to check out my <a href="http://writerquake.blogspot.com/2009/04/memories-lit-corners-of-jims-mind-old.html" rel="nofollow">post on KC</a> with a bit of a recording by my uncle when he was 85 looking back!<br />p.s. My mother was born in Berkeley...Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-71335584065288204832009-07-15T10:04:33.564-07:002009-07-15T10:04:33.564-07:00What a synchronicity. My father's family is fr...What a synchronicity. My father's family is from KC, MO and my mother's family is in Benecia. This is wild.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-58288007498897766582009-07-15T09:03:09.088-07:002009-07-15T09:03:09.088-07:00Lydia, does this mean your grandfather used the So...Lydia, does this mean your grandfather used the Solano during his travels?<br /><br />A very impressive ferry, that one! <br /><br />I'm looking forward to the post about your grandfather's letters to your grandmother!francessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12444610284524067406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-86478759974875109722009-07-15T07:39:47.710-07:002009-07-15T07:39:47.710-07:00Another great postcard! I can just picture leavin...Another great postcard! I can just picture leaving the port with that one and the excitement of the trip, however short.Kimhttp://perfectlycursedlife.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-87389692975730284312009-07-15T05:26:42.303-07:002009-07-15T05:26:42.303-07:00Neat. There are not many ferry-boats around anymor...Neat. There are not many ferry-boats around anymore. <br /><br />A few years ago, someone tried to start one in a community near me, and there was strong opposition from the community.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com