About Aloe.. ; or, Cut-the-Crap-Out-'Old Hoof...'

Or; '...smashed windows, poured acid in letter-boxes,...'

“...It would be difficult to convey to people whose pioneering had been done in the wooded lands east of the Mississippi the complete helplessness of the individual in the arid West. Many of those who came directly from one to the other never did understand it; they were inclined to attribute their difficulties either to the malignity of the fate or to their having happened on the wrong section of the country, and made haste to escape into surroundings in which the water company played the part of Providence in making farming possible, and went on adjusting themselves just as their ancestors had done where the rain fell equally on the just and the unjust. Many of the people about us in the Southern San Joaquin Valley were in a state of supposing that, wherever there were enough people who wished to farm, an irrigating ditch would simply appear. ...”

; “Up to this time the Spanish colonists had employed, for the allocation of waters a usage by which control of water was made contingent upon 'beneficent use' rather than by ownership of the land through which it flowed. Such control was acquired by 'appropriation'; that is to say, by declaration of the intention to use, made at the point of diversion from the natural channel, and promptly followed by practical provision for use. Diversion might occur at considerable distance from the land upon which the water was to be utilized, but once such diversion of the water had been effected, no subsequent ownership of the land, either along the the banks of the original channel or along the route of the division ditch, could affect the appropriator's right to the water in keeping with his original declaration. In California, the hasty Act of Legislature, before the State was admitted, established arbitrarily the English riparian rule. [...] ...much food-bearing land was, ...deprived of the necessary irrigation, while vast quantities of water wasted in the control of riparian holders. Still, in 1890, all up the west slope and across the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, Henry Miller held land in the European proportion of principalities, under such restrictions that the only way water could be obtained by the late-coming small owners, who had smuggled into the nooks and corners of his huge straggling domain, was to buy it from him at his own price, when and where it pleased him to make it available.” ; “...A second provision, made by the State Legislature in 1851, for securing individual holdings on reasonable terms was known as the Swamp Land Reclamation Act. It applied to precisely the lands which Henry Miller more than any man in the State showed marked ability in handling. By this Act large tracts of flooded land could be cheaply purchased by 'reclaiming' it through drainage and diversion of waters. Of this means Miller liberally availed himself, and the purchase of titles to Spanish grants or enormous acreage. ...By the eighteen-nineties the struggle in the San Joaquin Valley for water, such as would make small holdings possible, had become acute.”

; “ Nothing more dramatic ever happened in the history of Western jurisprudence, nothing ever engaged a more brilliant array of legal talent than this struggle between the English and Spanish traditions of water usage. It spread like one of the summer floods over the region in question, over the whole State, coloring in politics for years. ...and, against the more immediate necessity of the common good, ... When the decision was announced which gave Henry Miller all that he claimed, even the Governor publicly stated it as a calamity. Such it would have proved had not Henry Miller voluntarily nullified his advantage by proposing a compromise between the integrity of legal tradition and a practice thoroughly in harmony with the practical considerations. And so the matter was finally adjudicated. It was Mary's first grown-up encounter with the salient American capacity for loyally upholding the legal formula at the same time that its inutilities are completely evaded. ...” ; (Mary Austin), Earth Horizon. Autobiography (...of chpt 'El Camino Real' ; p199 ; 206 ; 207 ; 212.)

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”It was during this period, 1875 to 1895, that the slaughter of wolves on plains reached its peak. Spurred by the promises of substantial state and local, as well as stockmen's associations, bounties, a market value for the pelts, and the possibility of hiring on somewhere as a wolfer for vages, thousands of men bought up enormous quantities of strychnine and rode out pell-mell on the range. They lay down poisoned meat everywhere, in lines as long as 150 miles. The more demented among them shot small birds, carefully painted a thin paste of strychnine solution under the skin at the breast bone, and then scattered these about the prairie. Ranch dogs died. Children died. Everything that ate meat died. ...

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No one knows how many animals were killed on the plains from, say, 1850 to 1900. If you count the buffalo for hides and the antelope for backstraps and the passenger pigeons for target practice and the Indian ponies (by whites, to keep the Indian poor), it is conceivable that 500 million creatures died. ...” ; (Barry Lopez) ; Of Wolves and Men (1978 ; p. 179-80.)

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“The nation's three major beverage manufacturers are now spending large sums to increase the amount soda that American children consume. Coca-cola, Pepsi, and Cadbury-Schweppes (the maker of Dr Pepper) control 90.3 percent of the U.S. Market, but have been hurt by declining sales in Asia. Americans already drink soda at an annual rate of about fifty-six gallons per person – that's nearly six hundred twelve-ounce cans of soda per person. Coca-Cola has set itself the goal of raising consumption of ita products in the United States by at least 25 percent a year. The adult market is stagnant; selling more soda to kids has become one of the easiest ways to meet sales projections. [...] The School marketing efforts of the large soda companies have not gone entirely unopposed. Administrators in San Francisco and Seattle have refused to allow any advertising in their schools. ...The spiraling cost of textbooks has led thousands of American school districts to use corporate-sponsored teaching materials. A 1998 study of these teaching materials by the Consumer Union found that 80 percent were biased, providing students with incomplete or slanted information that favored the sponsor's products and views. Ptocter et Gamble Decision Earth program taught that clear-cutting was actually good for the environment; teaching aids distributed by the Exxon Education Foundation said that fossil fuels created few environmental problems and that alternative sources of energy were too expensive; ...” 

; “... The Sherman Antitrust Act had been passed in 1890 after a congressional investigation of price fixing in the meatpacking industry, and for the next two decades the federal government tried to break up the Beef Trust, with little success. In 1917 president Woodrow Wilson ordered the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the industry. The FTC inquiry concluded that the five major meatpacking firms had secretly fixed prices for years, had colluded to divide up markets, and had shared livestock information to guarantee that ranchers received the lowest possible price for their cattle. Afraid that an antitrust trial might end with an unfavorable verdict, the five meatpacking companies signed a consent decree in 1920 that forced them to sell off their stockyards, retail meat stores, railway interests, and livestock journals. A year later Congress created the Packers and Stockyards Administration (PandSA), a federal agency with a broad authority to prevent price-fixing and monopolistic behavior in the beef industry.

For the next fifty years, ranchers sold their cattle in a relatively competitive marketplace. ... In 1970 the top four meatpacking firms slaughtered only 21 percent of the nation's cattle. A decade later, the Reagan administration allowed these firms to merge and combine without fear of antitrust enforcement. ... Market concentration in the beef industry is now at the highest level since the record-keeping began in the early twentieth century.

Today's unprecedented degree of meatpacking concentration has helped depress the prices that independent ranchers get for their cattle. ... On any given day in the nation's regional cattle markets, as much as 80 percent of the cattle being exchanged are captive supplies. The prices being paid for these cattle are never disclosed.” ; (Schlosser), ...on Fast Food Nation. The dark side of the all-american meal. ( ed. ; p. 53, 55; 137-138 ; on Chpt's 'Mcteachers and coke dudes', and 'A new trust')

Even so - in case you'd perhaps expect me to - I care not for express or relate further specific commentary or views to those couple decades past presented critiques on Fast food industry. I think, the (book by Schlosser) to make more than useful readings, some classic for it's kind. (Still today, probably.) ...And I assume that for these sort general observations here mostly presented, we could, only provide listings on various aspects said at that and already readable, from more comprihensive there. Also, supposin' we've here already before noted most what possibly on our effort, of that. ; ...Of being only very frank about; Since after from had read that (Schlosser), several years ago now, I've probably only but spat to the direction from (any) that sort 'lunch'/”meal” providers (Don't fail of to notice my citation marks here.)

0. 'But the canning, freezing and dehydrating techniques used to process food destroy most of its flavor.' ; ...Comparably, every sort of system, the economic, ideological, 'industrial', tends have it's histories and past. To his Afterword, written/inspired in aftermath of that late 1990s 'mad cow'-epidemics, (Lot talked by the time, on the early 2000s ,etc.), Schlosser seems end his for words on; 'Despite all the evidence to contrary, I remain optimistic.' (About the demise of the Fast foods-industry.). Let us remain so as well. From as hopeful to, for quite as much. 

; Well, to make these remark of just...I might have bought a milk-shake, every once in a while. 'Cause I happen to like the product, even of considering that in the said book has provided lists the plentysome invented and developed chemical 'flavors' and hunger-increasing aroma, that of usual seem from added on each from sort meals people are asked to 'sink' (digest) at those places. (The proper brief very informative citate also from that Schlosser; Cons about those addits at, on “meals” and 'foods', reads like; “...smelled alone, that chemical provides an unmistakable sense of the food, Ethyl l-2 methyl butyrate, for example, smells just like an apple. ...Adding methyl l-2 peridylketone makes something taste like popcorn. Adding...” ;p. 126.) ; The occasional shake sometimes bought makin' about all from, and practical nothing else, now ca during from about that (over, plus) some 15 years. Let us suppose that to these days there is maybe somewhat more alternatives to choose from. You of course even have the regular choices of the 'veggies' and 'fish', etc. With the assumption that a standard customer, probably, favors the 'standard' meal. ...But to be honest, wouldn't care of devote more my words on that. Mens sana in corpore sano (Hope that was the phrase meant. Of correct spelled, 'supposin...)

; Let us then also to remark that ourselves from remaining very happy on that decision, now made long past, from to maintain the zero-standard of visits made to the fast foods 'chains', or from the “meals” digested. And, let us suggest that the present Global warming hell only makes it from more obvious so. (To us. The 'zero-level' recommendable to anyone finding some interest fx on one's well-being and healths.) Happiness is...Well you know it's important.

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; As the accomp. pics here to this post - and the follow-up, from subsequent posted...sooner than this was - here's now pics about fungi. (Such as was earlier the 'foreboding'.) The reason for...Was from that recent Summers here, such as said, were from notable of the excess of rains. Unlike perhaps some else places that, so far, the major climatic burden here. In spite that, by present writing this, on midst winters, it's overall, more for the "norm". (Except that the snow much less, since the larger parts seem of steadily to fall in the Autumns/early winter, in form of water.) ; Anyway, despite all the frustration and depressivity of those constant rains, was there at least some positive 'consequence' from noticed during my Summer vacations. That from an aspect that on cabins I happened recognize there multitudes and variety of forest fungi (or svamps, yet can't decide which the more proper term to use...) ; And so I took pictures of those, quite a lot. (Most exciting to look for particular, actually.) ...The fungi actually spend most of the time undersurface, what we may discover only appears for a short while, w. purpose of spreading their seed-spores. (...and about, smtgh like, etc...) Such as former noted, in the undisturbed, healthy, forest floor the mycorritza [ectomycorrhiza] - the root-connections for the trees and other plant by fungi, permitting exchange of the nutrients, ao - plays the significant part on natural ecology. (The fungi doesn't need photosynthesis to their growth, but to their early origins on an 'evolutionary line' are more dependent of the moisture and nutrients, perhaps. Singular variations multiplying of that...system.) And so these for the more usual seen at Autumn, when it's less light and moisturic. - However, I never former discovered this many (and various!) at the site. It must've been from those rains, assuming. Also, I was around only a few days, and, ca, midst July - So, that was also lot early by, given that usually we have the drier period to those Months. 

; ...But in short, put forth as the decoration purely from their very interesting, exciting looks of. I've not a particular idea of the species- I may offer a 'guesses', but certainly, you're not supposed to trust on my estimates to any of species. I've not a very great familiarity about. (In fact, I tend avoid the hobby from svamping, of cautioned by some species said very toxics. I'd should probably devote some time on that  - At least now that I discovered of how many varieties, there indeed might exist just on my limited surrounding, there. But in short, notesworth that I'm not to say of the followin' which maybe appear palatable, and which then to the contrary.) ; All in all, fungi are perhaps the least understood 'part' of the natural ecology- And more of the some, on our followed post then... (The adjacent one, perhaps, might be a good choice for starter - It sort of represents the common little 'down-to-earth' view we find of the svamps many decorations, or for their depictorials, etc. Something mystic, undoubtedly. But from the species, I've not even any rough idea about...)

; Mulski Eco-tech-Recom(s), pt XIX

About Aloe (Aloe vera) it's a...more complex say briefly everything 'worth the mention'. Least to say anything very thorough, this brief. ...Considering from, the selected plant for recommends on this, to these occasional Eco-choices by ours, supposing' we'd think it from appear a practical necessity of to retell somethings to it's merit.

But I've actually not much bothered myself for finding out about. ; Yet, fx, (seem it said) there to be about over 300 species of Aloe, but only fewsome that are noted from have a beneficial effects on human health. (Along the better known A.vera, there are fx Aloe arborescens, said from common '...in uses on Japan and Russia.') ; Then likewise, for only random selections, (the Aloe) '...has been in used at human medicinery since from (about) 4000 y. to the past.' ...(Dioscorides) already, during the antique times, did describe the plants properties on his writings. ; And to some recognized additional small detail also is it '...easy to keep as the house-plant. Growing not a difficult because the plants need only diminute amounts of the watering.'

So – I have the little uncomfortable feel from having rely solely or mainly to my own experiences on this. (Of course, I could've had tried check of these aspects more profound to this – But what the use, you'd only establish I'd be very pedant to do that. Matter a fact, I thought, needed not to these only few discoveries about.) - And naturally you can't make all the said of to overt comprihensive, on these limits. 

 

; That said, of had suffered (a bit, slightly) some skin irritations, I earlier noticed nothing particular of too helpful on that. (...the symptom goes for variety reasons/stimulant; Fx, maybe, originating from plant toxins - but that's a longer story – and then dirts, ourselves often on pursuit from 'the green thumb' mixin up the bowl full of mosses, natural bacteria, the earth worms and kinds from... Or/then, might've it been, irritative spices, and the frosts, etc...) However, all of sudden, discovered these Aloe-containing skin products (in the pic) – And seems that since from using them proved very effective. While I noted not any 'miraculous' surprise recovery of my skin rashes, I've now used the salve rather continuos, and that seems signicant helped to reduce the occasional irritation. (Actually, in fact, Aloe is very helpful to smaller wounds, 'and alike', too - even that it not necessary helps heal those of complete in any hours, or days, of course.) 

; Not very much surprises me, of course, many plants have been better known to their very healing powers and taken benefit of from since long gone pasts. Typical other plants used for treating skin allergy, or insect bites, fx, seem contain fx the Calendula (Marigolds). Yarrow, of course, as well has served to externally used also for similar treatments (While it's very fame on different basis.). It not, nor any other to my knowing, did serve this well as the Aloe-salve. Further more helpful as well on skin burns and for the (slight) infected wounds, sores. Even more so recommendable is the use from salve on foot-sole sores.

Let us guess that, to our popularly anti-chemializals era/decades, there now more from such plants-based, organical treatments on popular sales. And I've only happened discover these product, almost from coincidential.

; And of course, Aloe must remain to the rather better known from those. Probably been more widely cultivated and used in the sort cosmetical and skin-healing product, well before these days. (...Supposin', since from the 1980s Body-Shop already, or some other firm, might've began using that to part from their 'eco-aware'cosmetical products sold.) ; But I make the plant's praises, to this, also partly of reason from further remark that – As we've before often noted too – despite any pharmaneutical discoveries, that 'industrial complex' in all it's 'entity', w. the typical fashionable advertising depictorials and compaigns from advert the modern miraculous 'finds' that are said come direct of the 'Nature's garden' and realm, etc. I've not very much trust on any that. ...Businesses to discover and the 'search' of ingredients about many lesser studied/known rain forest plants ever increasing, and on accompanying – always – such industrial efforts tend have had the disreputable side, ao, of the harms caused. ; It actually would most often appear from more sensible of to remain using these kind old and recognized, really trustable natural choices. (In short, these themes from their often less questioned means, the 'downsides' to this global industrial production and patenting.) In cases the wildernesses and it's creatures from disturbed. And then that completely false 'ideal' about nature's actual essentials, it's very cornucopia to exist just to the humanity's utilitarist purposes and aid. Just as some 'storage' for. – But that would be very lenghty story, if we'd started to go for dismantling that 'reel'...And you've probably heard the much from, perhaps to more particular than I. - The more I ever read about, of that global, multinational pharmaneutic, the more it began to resemble in my eyes the popular image of the 'Umbrella-corporation' on that popular Resident Evil-series. I mean, the whole of it lot brings in mind similar 'scenario', we're making discoveries and continuous developing something to treat some diseases and 'side-effects' that wouldn't even exists, unless we'd not so well long spoiled the natural environments and our originally unpolluted, 'pristine' waters. Plus the (global) climates. 
 

That'd be also so, it not rarity from other resembling modern contradictions, typical to these issues: 'Anti-aging' products and the contrary habits, foods to improve health and the 'anti-health'-foodstuffs. Of purposeful “fulled” addictivity to those foods at the industry (salt, sugars, in excess, etc...) Chemial pollutation, gasoline pollution, the agricultural pesticides... ; Think not for related phenomena? Well, decide from your own opinions about – But I never felt so enliving and fresh, of physically, at this urbanity than at the Nature's side. Large part of the reasons for – I think – must've originate to that that my body hadn't had to 'filter' so much of the disturbing artificial particles and pollutant there. It may sound self-evident but it's actually practical notion one might too rarely make. You are, even more so than what you eat, than what you may breath, in explained.

(...And of course, there's a bit of the more gray colours, or pros'an'cons side at these preceded little targeted depictions on and about...)

; ...I care not for go any my (only) estimates of the Aloe's cultivation. Seems it to belong for the succulent plant, so, apparently the manufacture typically can take benefit from grown at semi-deserted ranges. That sense, seems it at least, it would appear a rather recommendable cultivable, in it's wide uses (But I've not any viewing about the specifics. Of the places locally, ecologically or from commercially. Let us suppose, not possibly all varieties perhaps favor just said sort environmental conditions.)

; Then there seems a slight increased variety drinks and alike refreshments, made of the Aloe as the main ingredient. ...Which of I neither had any very too remarkable informations from seeked to this. ...One of the 'retailers'/manufacturers (above in the pic) seems to print on their 'bottlega' that all emissions generated of transports to their product are compensated to make production ecological sustained. - I'm usually a little sceptical, these days, on any that sort – 'eco-saviness' of recent years having become so popular, you not always was very confirmed from anything beyond. But let us suppose it some addit 'plus-side' from too. ; Anyway, letting that mentioned to just some my usual reservoirs and cautions. Important to add, at least those would appear from the less mendacious than of drinking the coca-cola. ; ..Since from, at least from a few years ago seemed them started that increased adverted marketing and 'replacing' of the regular sugars w. the Stevia (et other comparables), due because from it was also noted that acc. any surveys the Americans were still constantly fattening of the said food stables, sugarines, and alike (,by those decades. Don't know how they say of these more recent timings). From resultant, 'suppose, the question about healths maybe was then more seriously confronted by the refreshments and beverage-industries. So a few years back at least. 

 

; ...But for these 'zero'-sugars theme stories - guess' we'll offer on marketing idea this neat 'hymn'; “Keep your 'zeros', scorn your 'heroes', to hell w. your academic fellows and long live the Belisarius.” - That would be some real marketing. - In expl.: 'Belisarius, 'amongst the most merited of early middle-age war commanders', successfully fought the vandals, goths, visi-goths, huns, persians.' – And he won them all, seems it say. ...Few of us to present days know him, of course. Even less for any actual merit, possibly. ; Thenagain, few of us would know who actually invented the coca-cola. ...It's an important question, then of to estimate, which from these two, in the historical sense, would've had the more permanence of an influence to lives of us Europeans. Inventor for cola or; the Belisarius. In the level of the genes, I mean. (Of course Belisarius's 'victory' wasn't quite so totalizing – And the West Roman empire then did collapse already a few centuries after his times. The Bysantine did last some thousand years after.)

...But to those studies and surveys on effects for general health, seemed it them of had discovered some effect on generations level too. Rel. the excesses of sugarine, the slightest chemial particles/plastics, and ao, of course, side-effects from those fast foods. Accumulating, passin' even from a generation to another, ...in the genes, they sometimes at least seem from assumed quite likely, and about. (...So, from had become very concerned of these aspect too I actually even reduced my own consumption of the refreshment drinks. But actually never neglected completely the milk-shake, like noted. One has to have one's 'sins', every sometimes. But I fx don't have any intention for to look forward of dying on the late early years for cardiovascular diseases. Neither w. any eagerness of to 'Super-disease Me', on the sort foods former discussed. ; Oops, promised of not to say anything more on...that.)

But soforth, the Aloe for our eco-recommendation no XIX.

; ...Of course, since it said that the used palatable part of Aloe(s) is the fleshy content of their leaf, one could assume that the growing plants by oneself would not appear anyhow problematic either. (And could also then make, from experimentally, that for the drinking juices even.) ; It's said that the plant's leaf contain about 99 percent water and it can be harvested fromafter some 3-4 years. But supposing that yet would need some special processing – Or anything like. And at least to these latitudes would not appear very practical... ; But that's just for the remarking, having enjoyed these ready-mades by occasionally. (While not any very often bought from as refreshments.) Like said, 'guess there'd also further useful to know aspects too, like always often is...)

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(pics) ...And then is this adjacent (My slight guess would estimate that for the Boletus. Of spec., maybe, Boletus edulis, a most delicious appreciated edible mushroom - Yet, not necessarily, not from any trust-worth a knowledge on, such as I noted...)

 

“Liberty, in this simple, unsophisticated sense, I acknowledge, is a fair idea that has never been received a form in the various governments that have been established on our beauteous globe; the demon of property has ever been at hand to encroach on the sacred rights of men, and to fence round with awful pomp laws that war with justice. But that it results from the eternal foundation of right – from immutable truth – who will presume to deny, that pretends to rationality – if reason has led them to build their morality and religion on an everlasting foundation – the attributes of God?” ; (Wollstonecraft), on 'Vindication on the Rights of Men in a letter to the right honorable Edmund Burke...' (f.p. 1791 ; -95 ed, p. 7.) ...on text, the word 'morality' is provided w. a further explanatory note, but I cared not of reprint that to this...

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“... In the meantime 'The Land of Little Rain' was published and had a great success. Mary was at the *Hittals' for that, and got to know the elect: Miss Coolbrith, Charles Warren Stoddard, who was living then at Monterey, John Muir, William Keith, and Markham. Of all these I recall John Muir the most distinctly, a tall lean man with the habit of talking much, the habit of soliquizing. He told stories of his life in the wild, and of angels; angels that saved him; that lifted and carried him; that showed him from where to put his feet; he believed them. I told him of mine; except that I didn't see mine. I had been lifted and carried; I had been carried of the way of danger; and he believed me. I remember them still. Sterling didn't believe in angels, but he believed in aliveness; sensitivies of stick and stone, of communications of animals, and I believed both of them.” (Austin), on Earth Horizon (; p. 298 – In the followin' cited simply to E.H.)

1. '...(knows) more of the mountain storms than any man...' ; Whether or not Muir (1838-1914) actually maybe saw his angels, 'guess, I'm not very competent estimate. See...You usually take – anyone's – word for smtgh and accept it as such, or not. ...There may be, smght, some p-o-w of suspect his 'revelations' for their origin. (Fx, that from philosophic argumentation, said, that ever since an age from rationalism/Enlightenment there been the question about from whether principality to our experience appears of basest sensory.) ; At least that makes an interesting problem, cons. these views/ case-in-point too; You either accept the material world/existence - on it's entity – as only a reflection from the 'metaphysical some'. Or not. I've not met a philosophical system that of sufficient can explain the sort things like said from their difficult, 'messy waters' in between. Or from offering an unproblematic interpretations for this kind problem about the personal faith from diverging a shared 'reality' or common accepted 'rational' explanations to the surroundings. ...Of course I've not particularly devoted my any attentions on that. Such as said before, the philosophy not ever my favorite choice of a stay. (Religion neither...the Nature/”Ecology” is.)

Of course, given the nature from his christian belief(s), and the great american Natures for the 'main district' of the God's omnipotency (and/or, Muir himself to the role for it's main 'interpreter' to his contemporaries), plus his strong faith, even for a modern (profane) mind such heavily sentimentalised-loaded decsriptions from an experience told wouldn't feel anything like overt exaggerations. - At least is, fx, quite as plausible claim/assume that during the Middle ages-Renaissance the Saints and 'holy men' actually did see, occasionally even talked w. their spiritual sightings. Not actually matters if those were thought to had originated/sent by god (“himself”), or by an opposite 'source'. (...I recently had a glance, in passing, of a few documentarist clips of the 1980s TV-evangelists and from their 'tone of speech' from transmitted via modern mass-communicative channels - Only for to become more assured that whatever anyone's personal 'vision' is, there are nowadays more ways and 'appeal' than ever to make it 'travel' any distance away of the original sacralised religious experience.) But in the past all wasn't so straightforward salable. Or to be more frank: Never met anyone whom claimed of had talked w. the so called spiritual beings, so I'm only cautious. Matter a fact, I think it unlike from 'God(s)' for communicate that way. Of course seen'an'heard all sort that type 'story-tellers' – I mean some that'd been any manner convincin.

; ...Moses famously received his messages 'spoken' by that 'flame' at mountain heights, Pascal wrote about Jesus in a manner that makes it not very clear of how he'd experienced/received the 'mercy', and to furthermore (proof) there are numerous hermits that before/after did seek their 'visions' on loneliness of the deserts. (Blaise Pascal, 1623-63, who was the renown mathematician, and religious-philosophian prosaist) Whatever the truth, I think that likely of to guarantee that 'higher powers' are less likely of appear “in the flesh” than in 'spirit'. (Nor are them too fond of, or, not favor any mass gatherings.)

...However, from reading that Muir I noted his character, as a young natures 'devotee' (,and 'hobo') of quite much differing to that for later memoir more persistent presented as an old man w. his patriarchaist beard and that fierce commitment to environmentalism. (...To save the 'last wildernesses', etc.) - I mean, I think, that even if his some views seem, often inconspiciously, from reveal certain bias and clues about the later said enstrenghtened prejudice and (perhaps) a 'tendency' on discriminating opinion (esp. concerning the 'natives'), seems also exist there certain amount humorism to his early writing. And – let us say – some honest seek. ; Even if it from a bit 'sentimentalising tone', sometimes. Or, 'strive' for some colourful exaggerated 'depiction' (, in some similarity w. the Thoreau, btw.) Fx: there is the description at his early youth 'wanderings', on a 'Thousand-Mile walk to the Gulf', written 1867, where he - from poor and penniless - chooses by sundown to rest his limbs, weary from walking, on a field 'til the next morning. Lays then his head on a stone, soon to fall asleep; ....In the morning then happens find that for the tombstone and place to an isolated graveyard; '...and, while my sleep hadn't been as peaceful than of that foregone sleepin' below me, awoke well rested.' (Or, it goes it about like, I cite from my remembering of the sentences.)

In fact, to my eyes, I think to his major sin, the only 'unpardonable one', by that timing, perhaps about the 1860s for -80s, seems only arise the all-prevalent Christian belief; No 'exceptions' allowing, or hardly from some. And it wouldn't been any manner unusual traits by that timing, too. How it 'manifests' itself on his (early) text is fx on that several cases repeated 'demand', by his, from that 'natural purity'. (Such as are remarks like – smght like, again I cite this only from memory: 'Deers, such as all wild animals, are naturally pure as the plants are.' That is contrasted for the observations of dirtiness from his contemporary natives, ie the indians on the place. But that also is not without the more neutral observance elseplaces.) ; Thenagain, Walls fx seems written that 'The scientific racism Muir expressed in California, where he found the indians repulsive, recedes, at least for a time... '. (2006, p. 293.) (The reference is from reading the Humboldt of had effected on Muir's opinions and him developing, to a time, the more tolerant views.) ...But as there maybe is various estimates, or opinions on that, let us only note to this shortly that those emphasizes for the 'purity' quite much fall in the scope by the typical 1800ian venerations of the Nature. Even more so, concerning the conceptions about the humanity. 

 

; ...Anycase, on that Sierra-mountains, where he went, perhaps from seeking his own visions, his view seems appear hardly a racistic. Of course on those demands by his for the 'purity', among some other clues there seem surface, maybe lurks some impressions of the periods typical discriminative (standard) christian morality. 
That itself seem quite openly from underline there existed certain limits on his own vision. In that sense his annoyances are actually more revealing, too. But I don't find those strictly very discriminative, only limitating to his views. And that seems from reflected much of an ambivalence, most briefly. (...'Though, I've read the said 'early walks', but not much any of the later writing or his actions from.)

; ...Sometimes, of commonly at boreal forest 'floor', the fungi grow on rocks and stones, often from mosses covering (for, that keeps lot moisture, assuming...) ; Actually this sort small little 'hats' are most usual to see, I think. Ain't that lovely...

...But let us guess it also not so misleading of say him had lived his faith for true. Whatever the main sources of it, or where traceable the main 'roots' to it. Or, whatever 'side of the coin' one might wish then to emphasize; The influences from (his times) dogmatic, 'biblical' christianity. His own youth and growth 'enshadowed' by that doctrinal, unmercyfull God. – Or, his own personal search from a more mercyful, and more 'pure' divine announcement, mainly discoverable on that Nature's realm. ...Like Moses, seems it, he then went for that mountain seek the close proximity for the God and maybe then found him. Or, his God might've found him. Of the burdens and illness during that 'route', some which 'nearly killed him', make it at least clear that a few angels not so unlikely of had appeared. (If I say from have heard stranger stories you're possibly unlike from believe. ; Well me neither, I wouldn't from that kind, mostly. But the importance is actually on that we all tend see/experience/hear the stranger things – Question seems to be of what we happen to discover about those. Think this to sound sensible? ...Well, it allows you/me/us an easy way out of the 'problem from', shifts the question solely on the level of that sensing...)

; Also, such as read of that McKibben (1989), we thenvmight also note for praises the of Muir's writing his observations from the natural plant and flora (,at least on that early writing mentioned). Indeed, those very rewarding and full of the interest for modern reader. There's fx not many naturalists to his contemporaries w. any compare on same sort of an enchantment to their descriptions (of the plant), neither often by such specific understanding about the surrounding environmental conditions, in general...I'd suppose. Of course, those are singular examples of the plant he describes w. pretty distinct ranges - But anycase very specific views, yet not any manner tiresome; not 'unprofessional', nor any too 'scientific' from.

However, as the aforesaid not an original topic to this, not what on this by earliest was considered for said, seems we might've 'slipped' of the goal from keep this to few remarks and 'short-notes'... ; To it's wholeness, and of his latter years in particular, Muir's writing/his environmental apprehensions I'm not very acquainted on.

'Hardly anybody takes account of the fact that John Muir, who knows more of mountain storms than any other, is a devout man.'

; on The Land of Little Rain (by Mary Austin; p. 90.)

; ...This (the adjacent pic) my 'uneducated guess' would make for a Russula claroflava, also a relative favored edible fungi. (...But, this guess neither is for trusted, only reminding.) Yet, if so, seems from appear to quite regularly common all around from fennoscandia. Actually the yellow ones are bit more scarcer to see. Or maybe that from reason their color soon pales from the rains, sunlight affecting...

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“...she made a reputation for herself as a defender of nature in the West with one single book, The Land of the Little Rain (1903). The success of this one book does some injustice to the thirty-five novels, stories and essays she published in her lifetime, yet the impressions and experiences of California she wrote into this collection of the sketches stand out as a true literary achievement. ” ; “... Unlike its reputation, in Austin's vision the desert becomes alive and nature hospitable for those who love solitude and purity. In this respect, The Land of the Little Rain foreshadows Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire and draws special attention to the centrality of water in the history of the American West. ...subtext is that life in the desert depends on the adaptability of those who want to dwell there, not on the humanly engineered, forced transformation of the desert into a garden. ...More broadly, Austin addresses the question of a face-off between nature and culture.” ; 'California in the Late Settlement'(, by Pierre Lafayette) - on Literature of the American West (2016; p 76-7.; ed. Stephen Frye)

'No man can be stronger than his destiny.' ; (a sentence of a 'Pocket Hunter', - one among stories on Land of Little Rain.)

2. 'Through the desert on a horse with no name, it felt good to be out of the rain...' ; No man can also ever rise over the divinity of Nature. (Of 'broadly' understood.) ; ...So, the few words this chapter was meant consisting from, actually intended to be on Mary Austin (US writer, 1868-1934), at begins cited. Now after this much contemplation on the others, think'll we have to leave that for (,possibly) less specific remarks about her writings and discuss that perhaps more concerned on (some) oncoming chapter. Let us as well 'pre-warn' that I've merely gathered these impressions, mostly, of my first-hand impressions. So not very particular looks on anything, of resultant.

; While I of course think - at least on this basis, via this little of reading; It indeed seems from quite likely that most familiar to her texts, by present, might've likely read that said Land of the Little rain (f.p. 1903), and then (,depending of the interest) ...perhaps also various some of those novels mentioned. Perhaps also that follow-up collection Lost Borders (1909), which apparently was wrote on a bit similar vein. – Although, Austin herself at that bio happens from remark not of wanted write any similar book from to follow it's successes. In spite of the said expectable 'demand', and even despite if her contemporaries would've asked her to. (However, I read not that other book, so can't actually say from how correct her expressed view.) ; Anycase, most perhaps not so familiar to her other writings, albeit many of the said followed novels too, seem expectable of had (relative) steady sales. ...While she perhaps had not so devoted reader-ship, at least some among maybe sold of relative well. (Not read any those myself, either. ; ...Basis these impressions, think I'd have to, someday.)

'Then, perhaps it necessary also of remark that (these) impressions I also partly acquired of had had read Edward Abbey listing her said book - Land of the little rain - to a fewsome text that describe desert environment. Or, for the some limited number from notable books from focusedly describing the 'deserts', in overall. Seems it then also quite as supposable that ´till nowadays her other writing might've even become from better renown for the more general recognition. ; ...Namely, to her merits as a 'novelist' it maybe is also somewhat noteworth, for example that the book (said Land of the Little Rain) is also quite much wrote in the similar manner, or from 'style' as the mentioned (Edward) Abbey seems wrote on his own times. I merely mean the structure of the book and how it's built of the singular, 'interlinked' chapters from – And not so much anything specifically from the natures description. ...And, I'd almost conclude on this basis that Austen probably was the major source of which Abbey, about some half-a-century later, might've found much of an inspiration and technique for his own environmental text(s). At least on the Desert Solitaire (p. 1968), if not on elsewhere writing. ; 'Guess it perhaps possible also find of Austin's writing somewhat similar romantic-environmentalist 'dramatizations' than of Abbey - But of course I'm not goin' to my estimates on anything specifically about the said ('aspect')...on this view. Austin's 'chapters' in the book are also more from separate excursions to, yet them seem built a certain coherence – or particular 'non-coherence' on their very similar arranging. (...Shall it suffice from us to say this much only. Something what seems to me from easiest of notice, reading their text in parallel.)

; But, anycase the said 'little book' – it's only about some 100 pages in length - probably then the one which Austen still would appear most famous from. Seems it having on the begins from that 20^th century, also built much her early fame, originally. ; Or, I find that so, 'though from not read anything else beyond the few volumes here remarked/discussed. Some among novels must've appear from (somewhat) lot appreciated, postward too – But none seems of gained any similar 'cult status', or resembling fame. Reasons to the book's major popularity amongst her writing are not very difficult understand. It fx combines on that relative brief volume, of synthesized much her originality, and 'favored' topic.

 Has fever pages than most else – And such as was from former remarked, it also has a certain clearly 'thought-out' structure to it's contained chapters.

; ...these orange ones I at least think to know from quite well. Chanterelle, of course. It funny that, occasionally, the specimen seem be very rapid of growth, when the conditions favor. (It seems need more of a warmth than some species, and is from usual sort 'early', often places appears on July, already. Also is not favored by most other 'forest dwellers', so them are often free of any 'defect', don't usual look from eaten by insect or other little nuisance...)

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”In doing so [...of favoring the said for name to her book, instead of a more 'common-place' desert;] she symbolically turns her back to the whole frontier experience and, with this 'new' name, seeks to inaugurate a fresh relation between Western man and his environment. Contrary to some of Steinbeck's titles, which are fundamentally inscribed in a biblical tradition, Austin's 'land of little rain' suggests that her inspiration comes rather from the ancestral indian presence in California and native contact with nature. Steinbeck uses biblical metaphoras to suggest that California offers an apotheosis to Western man sweeping conquest of the world, with God's blessing. For Austin, traditions in the West are not inherited from the East. They are local, born of native and Mexican occupation. In the sketch 'The Little Town of the Grapevines' ('El Pueblo de las Uvas'), she describes the ideal village where inhabitants have earned to live harmoniously with their environment and found their true place in the scheme of nature. ... ” (Lafayette), of that 'California in the Late Settlement' (; p. 77)

...And from considering that, the bit longer quote of that part from the book (maybe) might serve well from to give a better idea of this, in the following. ; ...I provide this also of due to represent it having the level of critique on at her/those times one-sided conceptions to nationalitet. Or, since on the other places of this perhaps it not said so much anything concerned (of hers) 'shared identity'/identification w. the traditional spanish/mexican cultural histories of the region. (The book actually seems end on this chapter of what the said followin' quote from. – It then also seems provide, perhaps, a certain bridge for an 'entity' from her later writings, cons that 1924-book in particular.)

On the below cited I did found comparison between that 'profane' and 'sacral' via the mention of those 'kitchens and latrines' for “shaming” the house of God to a very notable...metafora.– You can also acquire the p-o-w that from Austin the said 'history' to any place is not just any meaningless stamp, it fx covers the sacralized and religious traditions. 
; Of course, to our 'modern' era, and from it's now all the way and thorough commercial, past long ago profanized 'cultures', that might feel a bit...pointed. (...Yet, X-mas, fx, to these days is merely just the excuse on people's go on shops, to spend their holidays, life's around that lot for a profane replica to the sacral place. In fact, often that I happen drop by to our local shopping mall I'm surprised from about how much the place resembles the church. From architecture, and organisation by it's spaces. There's fx vestibules, the entrances built lead the direction towards the holiest 'center' (“altar”), and there are even the 'saints chambers' – Those little side-altars, at where the prosperous and 'important' could have their burying, in the past. ...I mean the smaller shops, w. this this last comparison. And yet, to make the whole view-point to even for more hilarious, the whole building is reminiscient to the typical Christian church, ground-plan in form of the cross.)

; But to return for Austen, on the following cited part, one fx even on casual reading pays attention on it's critique against any culturally suffocating forms and bias, usual/typical often for any 'dominant' culture. The attentions and attitudes taken on, from;

“You are not to suppose that they do not keep Fourth, Washington's Birthday, and Thanksgiving at the town of grape-vines. These make excellent occasions for quitting work and dancing, but the sixteenth is the holiday of the heart. On Memorial Day the graves have garlands and new pictures of the saints tacked to the headboards. ... Sometimes the speech of simple folks hints at truth the understanding does not reach. I am persuaded only a complex soul can get any good of a plain religion. Your earthborn is a poet and a symbolist. We breed in an environment of asphalt pavements a body of people whose creeds are chiefly restrictions against other people's way of life, and have kitchens and latrines under the same roof that house their God. Such as these go to church to be edified, but at Las Uvas they go pure worship and entreat their God. The logical conclusion of the faith that every good gift cometh from God is the open hand and the finer courtesy. The meal done without buys a candle for neighbor's dead child. You do foolishly to suppose that the candle does no good.“ (;p. 102-3.)

(Besides, to mention, I especially also like her special objections – on several places, occasionally - against the asphalt – The material probably was a popular novelty during her days.)

; ...Is then at least also quite as useful from remind that for large part her post-after renown as a writer yet must rest on those depictions of the mesas, buttes, canyons, plus all else related (, alongside, w. the said various inhabitants to those regions on her time). ; ...Becomes it perhaps even more notable of a view-point these things by present are recognized; The aspects from the advancing/prospected uncertainties, on the ecological futures of the several/many places from that lot of a 'desert' and little of a rain. Also often some where fx the water-rights issues from traditionally have played a lot of role and importance cons the peoples any 'daily business'. (; Yet, actually in addition for that what cited of that bio at begins, there's actually relative little on those particular historical timings and incidents of specifically said on that Earth Horizon. Ie, she not devotes very large part from autobiography on that – Apparently, from because she stayed on that particular region and places not very long after. Seems it said of reason and of resembling w. many of her neighbours, many were obliged to move away by the period.) 

 

  ; ...From it's white color one might wonder if this is Amanita - the very toxic, lethal fungi(s) that most often are warned from. - But, from it's looks I actually assumed whether that is instead some Bracket fungi...can't say from too sure. But look how those seem grow nearby, for some layers, kind of...     

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; Anyway, Graulich seems fx of remarking that Austin, on her 'adventurous and rebellious life' was lead to find that 'To understand the fashion of any life, one must know the land it is lived in and the procession of the year.' ; According to this basis and of this little reading (by me), from Graulich also defining Austin as the forerunner for form later only known as the 'environmental' writing – Or, perhaps it even more correct from said for ...what is now called...'place-based writing' – that would feel from the most properly expressed. Simply, a good starting point on these views about. (It's also stated that Austin's books since the 1980s been coming back for print increasingly, 'resultant from the feminist criticism', and, 'then increased attention to representations of American Indians, to regional literature' ) ...Maybe that has also made true then Austin's own prophesied view about only the future readers shall discover the writings by hers.

; Likewise interesting is fx also Austin from herself to remarks at some place of The Land of the Journey's Ending (1924) to her (main) intentions from to 'writing a prophecy'. (Or, w. some sort by words from quite resembling. ...can't recall the exact sentences to this.) Some impressive parts of that to her writing also are, fx, about the desert storms and winds. And the pines, and of an ecology from where the '...rains that have work to do.' (For example. In lack of place for the more definitive, representative part to provide for this...:)

; Still, if we little more cite that Graulich ('Introduction', on that last mentioned book) - Austin's writing isn't (easily) from categorized to some “environmentalist” text, at least not solely (or, in the 'usual' sense), because (it) : 'Certainly not strictly 'nature writing as it has been conventionally understood... (And that book;) best fits in the category of 'place' writing, long dismissed by...pejorative term local color writing, and now one the fastest-growing fields in American literature.' (; xxiii) (Furthermore, yet, this also said 'cause actually explains me bit more of some reasons to that Abbey might've found her text so usable or for practical a source...)

...Whatever term then should/would of best 'capture', by any “exactitude”, her writing/style. ; Or comparably, would it be better estimate of how varied a scope by her readers/reader-ship to this day? Seems it, indeed, to some difficulty from try read her books solely on any too (modern) environmentalist view-point. They, from necessarily contain more of a 'culturalism' – Or, smtgh like. Notable also fx is that to her writing the text seems of constantly 'steal away' from it's 'purely' environmentalist descriptions – Which would to many/(some), w. the said modern conceptions think of also to break against some very characteristics for a typical written 'ecologic story'. ...If we allow to this a bit unified, no doubt simplifying, generalization on the whole of it... ;) Yet, there's of quite as good basis for claim that by Austin's times any so called (modern) 'environmentalist writing' not yet didn't as such exist, of course. And soforth she had to 'balance' between some less defined 'traditions'. Quite as correct to notice that the 'mediums' via which anything of the kind was by the time trasmitted, mostly were too limited to fit her purpose. Some standard, recognized 'form' of a naturalist-scientific writing. Likeliest also of the specifically 'biologic',and male-centered 'patriarchaist'. (But that too, quite somewhat simplifying the aspects/historical view.)

...Yet, would truely say; Suppose I've rarely read a text/description of (any) place, land that would so well to transmit the main essentials for the reader's impressions than on the said book.: The region depicted, the scenery, the plants and their own 'history', and therefore the history of (that) land, that 'arid land', the irregular scarce rains to it's principal character. (...Could try explain that of more clearly, of bit less enthusiasted, provide a cite or fewsome from to describe that...But guess'll it most neatly explained in the sense it aims for interpret geophysical spatiality – or timelessness - and other essentials of that environment on backgrounds for the said followed 'cultural chapters' in the book about the peoples and 'places' that follow. ; Indeed so that 'To understand a life...')

; ...It maybe quite as easy find things from critizable (almost as easy...), from the parts that bear some resemblance for the more typical inherent practices, passed from the always bit problematic 1800ian conceptions. - For example, at that former referred book there's a constant, conspiciously made choice as the referring on an old ancient 'ancestral' cultures of the continent – And using a term such as “Our ancients”. (The reference is for the cultures whose memory until her times seems said already been lost, and long forgotten even to her contemporary indian tribes/contemporaries.) 

; ...One would suppose that not any modern (anglo-european) writer, even if from very ethnocentric, wouldn't felt it of near so unproblematized to adapt from such 'unifying' term on the use. Yet, it's also, to those few places used, merely in the purpose from adjoin and tie together the several contained themes in the book; the land, from it's many plants and environment, the various peoples inhabiting, and then, 'it's combined history'. (That aims from build.) From to remind her contemporary reader-ship that the 'land' actually already had had even far longer histories than then present standard 'white' history-writing would tend of 'allow'. (Said not necessary always too eager allow, even lot later from, I've often noted.) But a particularly good example of that – fx , ao – is (from briefly); “... For in the cultural frame which we hold so obstinately that it can never refill from its original sources, and so stupidly that the precious content is spilled and fouled by the least creditable elements of our own culture, lies the only existing human society that ever found, and kept for an appreciatable period, the secret of spiritual organization.“ (; The Land of the Journey's Ending; p. 238). - ...That is preceded fx by a reference on the famous 1680 pueblo-revolt, against the Spanish conquerors. And followed by a more detailed description of the democratic governance (, of pueblos), and how the religious, spiritual life was close connected to it's existence. ; ...I merely mention since it's actually these type 'cultural', or ethnographic historical, views which dominate the text, while there are often 'naturalist', environmental chapters often inserted in between. 

; ...However, this (adjacent) for certain is Amanita - from specific the better renown Fly Agaric (A. muscaria). Despite their (very) toxicity, everyone might remember those to very common in the depictorials and childrens books, fx. (The common name, I sometimes learned, originates from that the fungi, or pieces of, by earlier were commonly used placed on outside the outdoors of house, to evict the swarmings of flies.) ; Unlike the flies - apparently - some other insect spec. actually seem favor it, the specimen are often from looks like this, eaten parts missing. (Perhaps that some reason for it from developed from the sort toxins that has...?) ; This particular specimen - While it doesn't so well show of the pic - I actually photographed from the reason it was from particularly huge of size. About 30-40 cm wide (Although the sides were devoured away, by the time of picture.) It remained there from not rottened, I think, over a several days - maybe week? - But often them not very lasting on surface, 'suppose...Are very common of course, amongst the most common of species here latitudes.   

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 ; ...And this, next beside, must appear represent Bracket fungi - Due because from/reasonging of it seems to grow of an olden wood log (...That has rottened on the place for about a few decades, 'till for this timing). ; It also from quite a large species of the some, and perhaps favors shade (...concluding of the place) - But from what the species, I've not the slightest idea for...So we can end the speculates for the noting that practically any bracket fungi also aren't palatable. (However, Albatrellus ovinus appears, and that even at least seems, somewhat similar to those above shown white specimens - But, wouldn't trust for that seeming impression to resemblance, of course...In that case, of particular. )

   

3. ”...At least, presently you're still allowed from to say anything freely, as long as you'd say that on hole-in-the-corner-way.” ; Orwell, his often cited expression on the aspect from freedom of opinion at the postwar non-totalitarian (“western”) societies (...about like the words.) ; ...'Goes then merely w. the side-mention that the ethnicity and 'race' seem from reflect Austin's own times views much her texts, or occasionally, quite some. However, that merely is notable of the sometimes arised 'conjunctions' on those times prevailed thematics, or of the dominant conceptions in language. ; ...For example, on the above (at begins) cited chapter of that Earth Horizon she also expresses it to characteristical of said on that Henry Miller that (his) manner of 'handling the land' having been '...essentially Nordic' (; 205). (Reference, on that, is also for his German backgrounds.) ...But I merely mention that of due she seems to find the term applicable for use on the said context and few place elsewhere. Not to make that to some strict 'generalizations' of her typical languages.

Then, fx on the described from some acquaintances like Jack London and George Sterling, whom she ao mentions elsewhere places, to some description of (their) 'principals', or characteristics, we again did notice the same 'pseudo-ethnic' term from used; 'nordic'. Not as any definitive view, or as the main opinions on from, just used in passing.

...Ie, said only to remark that she, on during her younger years, seems from held the term usable, without exactly it's some from later more emphasized (racial) distinctive tone(s) and other from postward infamous connotations. Just to a suitable category of used on that place. (Yet, as an accepted, a defined category.) – No matter (on this) of what the level she'd considered it from held some ideological validity (Since the particular ideological constructions must've appear now hardly defendable, and merely constraints to any present definitions from, to estimate it's content, let us say. ...The above references also said merely from developed of estimates to what the level she was ready from question those existed 'values'. Or levels by those from then self-evident kept, contemporary attitudes. Given the evidence basis that Land of the Journey's Ending, and, that bio, I'd even say pretty much.)

...Of recalling the London's writing, and it's some leanings toward at the time flourished social darwinist ideals (,et sim), leaves then mainly the impression that she probably has - on that - a purpose of express 'nicely', in the post-after memory, some favored opinions and 'trends' held by the said cultural personnel, she'd been in contact among others. Of whom been influenced by. (On that she also fx mentions specifically from like London and Sterling, due that them not looked down an independent intelligent woman – Such as the manner many less 'advanceful', or usual at the older contemporaries from male renowns.) ; ...One might then also suppose whether that to some 'ideology', or from uses to, had already by her writing had 'sunk off' it's any main larger favor, in the meanwhile. Or mainly, if those ideological consequences had become to more particular causes of concerns, etc. By the time from her writing that – only to these few cases mentioned, of strictly counting – it was the early 1930s and in the Europes war just 'beyond the corner'. Ghettos, purges against judes and the accomp. fanatism were soon to break in the common knowledge, if not yet on everyday news similarly as a Depression. (Hitler's character and flames of the pyres were 'news-worth' already beforehand, fx, etc. Other fascist or totalitarian purposes not nearly so, and on the later it declined to even less. Unless then some cases, later, where the 'coup' would've been too apparent and shameful from avoid on publicity, such as the Nixon's watergate.) – 'Though I'm now probably somewhat lot simplifying things, historically. ...But, given the fact that London's Iron Heel (p. 1914?) seems also said of had met the renewed interest and the new reader-ship during those depression years of that 1930s, it's at least notable that book could've also been made for remarkable saleable ('futuristic-realistic') movie by the time. Perhaps that having quite some resemblance to it's 're-discovery' on that 1990s, from some level. ; But, for example, Orwell (fx) on his one essay expresses quite strict condemns the certain elements at London's writing, esp. on some place backs the argument via from saying that overt compassion towards animals easily turns comparably for the favoring the said sort social darwinian 'principe'. (And which seems then described had some steady, notable presence on his texts. Which remarked w. references on London's major popular books that are wilderness adventures.) Yet, even noting that the prevailed conceptions about the 'primitivism', racial stereotypes and the misguided treatment of the evolutionary 'justifications', a'la type 'survival of the fittest', it's yet – I think – a bit limited view-point on London's novels. Or, cons. that during the era/period in general – In fact, the conceptions race and 'favored traits' surface from so often, on so many levels connected to the era's 'progression' - From the way that's 'forecasted; technologised, expansive, anti-demoratic, strictly 'white', 'malish', 'futuristic' - that it becomes a bit unspecific from to trace that for any singular author's 'main' characteristics. (Yet it fx not the less considerable Orwell of had paid some note to those elements, during his time. I only mean...that it not so much more a difficulty from to discover some of the said elements in resemblance of Orwell's own texts, even. ...At least, a certain level 'machoism', the resembling anti's against some "degrading" groups such as the sexually 'suspectable', the 'fancy boys'; and then also some very typically inherent British bias of the 'nearby' nationalitets, the Irish to most apparent...what'd perhaps surfaces, from a very critical look (If one bothers for such). Fewsome of a kind, though, I think...Since, Orwell's writings then fx are completely devoid of the white 'suprematism', and, the level from any direct racism - which perhaps more arises for sight, of occasional often, cons his contemporary writers.) 
; Yet, let us only just consider that London (and Austin, while less often), that sense, to their writing seem often from reflect the period's typical eurocentrisms, while not exactly near to a same level the similarly common etnocentrist thinking.

; But from the (now) rather unlikely-sounding combinations of the angels seen and those periods firm beliefs fx on the 'inherent' genius in man, plus other aspect in relating, the many 'cults' and movements that emerged and declined - One finds that at least more understandable from reasoning about what kind of preceded histories the oncoming century's total wars and mass worship of the dictator-ship(s) had for their backgrounds, for their 'making.' (Not to devote but mention on an emerging eugenistic 'principe', early on decades from that said followed century.) Or what the sort 'bias' the dominating views of the biology and humanity must've held.

; (pic) - These beside also a rather common seen small ones (Them seem to grow from place to places - Would be actually, probably, quite difficult to differentiate of the several resembling lookin species, perhaps.) But just for further some little enchantin' looks one often can find on level from forest grounds...

; ...To this case, all the said seems relate quite as much on that period, or maybe over too much, 'cause it for quite separate 'symptoms' that merely to this shortly alongside were pointed from. ; ...Would've probably enlarged the perspective/benefited these views of to read a few 'corner-volumes' on those periods (1910 to the 1930s, maybe), and also from her earlier days and times. Namely, to for these few paragraphs worth, I merely relied from less specifically to anything - Except my few impressions on.

; ...Besides, it at least notable how people have the habit of to believing on almost anything as long as it offers them a way not to have, by themselves, from contemplate any such uncertainties.(; Uncertainties such as that there ain't actually way from evidentual confirmations for an 'extra-sensory' experiences, 'cause we no more have any proof from such. While having the ways from (that) explained to them: The relativity of a time (the 'Einsteineria'). Perhaps some from it believed fit even on 'solving' the problem about the 'ghosts' and 'angels'. ; ...And yet, then is the remarkable timelessness so apparent in any so called 'Natures'. And (to us) the unreachable sense presented and held by the many from it's beasts and other 'lower creatures'. ...And that there's 'no easy way' out from, since most from the said 'brutes' actually were there before man. They'd probably have the answer but how can you can ask, not speaking their language...? Not anymore, I mean. '

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'Bullfrog is a frog with horns.' ; ...On Earth Horizon there's also on a few places mentioned from the novel that from earlier recent decades seems of surfaced to her most renown some. (At least I think so, formerly sometimes perhaps was.) As the postward/latter-day feminist critique seems to by earliest had it for some 'rediscovery' and cause of some interest. ...etc. ...'Though whether that then from the aspect it seems gone mostly of neglected at the time of publication, or whether due because of it's themes, or even from a very quality, I didn't quite reason out to this. (Not of had read that either.) ; Namely, the book that Woman of genius. ...An autobiography then would provide us a couple of short citate(s) cons it's times and from the reception of, plus that seems mention to some her precedent articles prior to it wrote.; “...There was a growing interest in the experiences of women, as women, and a marked decision of men to determine what should and should not be written. ...I knew an editor who would, I thought, be interested in what I had to say. ... I said I would see the editor. And when I saw him, I discovered that he had made another writing of my text, saying what he thought I ought to say, and turned it over to one of his favorites to make into articles. ...“ (she then notes of sold her articles to other magazine, at their original form...) ;

“...The paragraph in which she described herself was deleted. 'I couldnt bear', said the editor, 'to have a woman with such beautiful thoughts, looking like that.' Then I wrote 'A Woman of Genius,' in which I had her behave like one; and after setting out on what promised to be a successful career; I found after four months that the publishers had dropped the book and sold the remainders. I was told later that the wife of one of the publishers had decided that the conduct of the woman was immoral. I sold the book to... and it has been selling ever since, but it has never caught up. ... ” (E.H. ; p. 319; 320, ; ...Also on that's remarked, along w. of the denial by certain magazines not publish her offered indian poetry.; on p. 333.)

(...Of course that must represent a quite often retold 'anecdote' from. Or for the later estimate a rather usual standard on an early 1900s (male) 'gate-keepers' of the literatures and mags, plus the social suppressive norms that still were maintained towards women. – Seen that referenced on several books, I sometimes had read. But, thought it for few sentences here, itself maybe serves better than to explain w. any too lenghty stories.) Yet, guess it's at least somewhat descriptive to the 1970s too, just that having been 'dug' aforth from her apparent multitude fiction books. I mean, that term 'genius' as the concept at least sounds lot from to relate, quite as much, for an early century atmospheres than do, fx, 'barbed-wire', machine-gun, or automobile. But no further commentary on that... Of course, one would say, that now seems to postawrd view as the sort publishing industry and 'moral codes' w. a motto from sort 'Bullfrog is a...'.

; About those same 'early' days/period, she seems also lament - occasional often - that major part her audience/reader-ship on Eastern coast not found her main topic, the South-West for so popular a 'theme'. Not had from similar familiarity for the regions. Perhaps that also was related to reasons for her novels occasional failed receptions than any else reasons...won't recall for this instance, anymore.

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“...might just as well any of those half-unconscious starts of my generation toward the realization and rescue of the underdog, which has been it's characteristic concern.

...As for the other things that came to me by way of my Indian acquaintances, they are the gifts of a special grace which has been same from the beginning. ...perhaps as uncorrupted strain of ancestral primitivism, a single isolated gene of that far-off and slightly mythical Indian ancestor of whose reality I am more convinced by what happened to me among Indians than by any objective evidence.” (Austin), E.H. (; p. 266-7)

4. ('Just for the estimates'...) ; The feminism, ethnicity, natural-environmental 'place'-writing – 'Guess it depends on preferences whatever anyone then might wish of emphasize about her career/texts (...I have the slight assumption that one might get a better idea of that ethnicity via reading some her novels. The late novel Starry adventurer, p. 1931, seems described to tell of the complex relations of 'Anglo, Hispanic, Indian' cultures at New Mexico, at the time. Guess'll read that, sometime, when having the time.) Since these discussed books mostly were centered around having interested of her scope by said 'environmental writing'. (Former that from remarked of bit problematic, as a term to use.)

....Given her devoted concern on that deserted region, the land and it's natural inhabitants, various indian tribes (such as seem the Paiute, Papagos, Hopi...) it not perhaps then surprising that (, unlike probably most her contemporaries) seems she find the 'mythologizing' those sources not nearly so contextual. (I mean the ethnic historic, religious, and whatever aspects the reader thinks from best fitting to her writing, go quite well within the text. An overt romanticed 'distancing', nor the imagined exaggerate or 'heathenist' fascination not much emerge as the typical example on.) ; ...Of cons. her latter years and the activism behalf 'indian causes', not very much is covered at that autobiography, probably due because it mainly isn't so focused on her latter years. (...Of those then it yet for this can be cited shortly, fx, ao, her of had; '...testified before Congress against legislation that threatened Pueblo land and water rights' ; '...supported bilingual education for Hispanic and Indian children', etc. ; Graulich, xvii-xviii.)

The blacks seem then of usual (Or by occasional, when mentioned at all) referred on her finding by somewhat the more complex relations to. (Perhaps to more ambivalently the better term.) ...'Guess that also traces itself, from large part, to those more or less contradictory (and biased) theories about humanity of the time. Held for then for evidentual beliefs of the racial distinctions, plus the said social-evolutionarist ideas inherited. Perhaps more in form of beliefs concerning the biological humanity, than to more later persistent maintained cultural discriminative view. ; But some part also, probably, it maybe seems from reflected the particular contradicting racial bias on an american society, inherited esp. of that late 1800, or the periods from ca those 1880s, -90s. At least basis these few books I read, it the main impression can't avoid. (But that mostly, or practically lot is from notable read between the lines, sort of.) ; That Austin's views aren't very reflective for a common 'normatives' to the period is of course quite more notesworth by this reading, but like noted them not either complete 'free' of that. Which must've also been quite the usual amongst an 'intelligentsia' by the time.

; ...Of however unrelated, I think one can acquire a certain 'historical framing' to this aspect also via this followed, of shortly quoted from 2005 book by Lucy Maddox (Citizen Indians. ...'; p. 74-5): 

“The comparisons between the Negro problem and the Indian problem came primarily from whites with an interest in Indian affairs and Indian reform; ...individual Indian intellectuals, as well as black intellectuals, stayed away from such comparisons – and from each other. Du Bois and Charles Eastman both attended the universal Races Congress in London in 1911, for example, but neither seems to have taken much notice of the other. Du Bois doesn't mention Eastman in his report on the variety races represented... [; the 'distance, the Indian intellectuals also did maintain on their African American contemporaries] ...was at least partially grounded in their recognition of the political liability of associating themselves in any way with the particularly virulent forms of racism directed at black Americans. ...” (; ...That then continues from explained of the Vine Deloria Jr. theorizing (1969) that US government's attitudes toward blacks and Indians, while equal repressive, having had represented historically so different attitudes and making their collaboration 'politically illogical', ie '... ;while the government had always tried to exclude blacks, Deloria argued, it had always tried to include Indians by erasing their Indianness and making them white.')

; Soforth, little cynically observing, that above mentioned 'uncorrupted' primitiviness, the 'strain' of an 'isolated gene' at her ancestry, from Austin explaining her sympathies to the indian causes, quite similarly seem to underline the very 'exact' barriers the race had as some categorial constitution held for self-evident thinking to most whites from her generations. But naturally I don't think that either of very dominant, or specifically meaningful pointed of her writings. Merely notable of the view-point one might consider if wished of to familiarize on for that to more particular. (Actually, from recent read, seems it fx said that the similar manner from 'discovering' an indian ancestor from pasts, 'authentic' or imagined some, serves to some/many on modern 'americanhood' in a way resembling manner way of experienced sentimentalism. In a way the European attitudes on the gypsies, for example, bear/contain quite some amount similarity – Although given the above noted citates, there's apparent differences, too.)

; ...This (below) some my favorite among these pics. Looks pretty much from like there some ancient, prehistoric creatures, the other one resting it's head on the other. ; Of the species the estimate, unless it ain't then a Russula aeruginea - which would make that a relative palatable (but not tasty) - my any said sort 'uneducated guesses' don't offer any further idea from...

; ...I also care from not to go on listing her (various, historical) acquaintances, cultural 'celebrities' ,etc., that related her had met and retold from at that bio described. 'Suppose it'd only make this filled w. the irrational and random anecdote. ; Yet fx, to these views, it -maybe - somewhat notable that similarly as the London (and Sterling) she finds for most from 'favorable' to her UK encounters the Fabianist-'party' (as led by Georg Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, and on whose summer youth school she there goes on lecture at.) Probably largely that too from due of ('their') more relaxed or more modern attitudes cons. the female rights-movement, then by current interests, and from dividing many opinions – Opposed by the more 'old-fashioned' inhabitants from. Then again, it actually was also quite interesting notice her memoirs (auto-biog.) of to having certain similarity on the one I earlier read from Chesterton's, wrote nearly to same years. Both appear transmit rather fragmented memoir(s) and also it possible see of to had reflecting the 'disturbance' from those years, when them wrote at. Probably, Austin was also writing at her latter years those notes on bit of at hurry, yet, still... (Actually, she seems also passing mention meet the Chesterton too during her travels to there, although that but 'coincidentially'. )

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“The ecology of the Southwest she describes has a history, but it is also perpetually changing, cross-fertilized.” (; Graulich) - of an Introduction to that Journey to the Lands ending (; xviii.)

5. 'Pro Naturale' ; Or, before the 'minding machine...' ; ...It is perhaps observable that on her text the level of that ecologism and critizing from 'modern social complex' is for reminiscient to the latter major 'forerunners' for an environmentalist writing. (Such as fx at that Abbey, on an early paragraph from compared for.) But I think none of the (male) predecessors to their more apparent romantisations and 'idealization' about Nature – such as fx Muir, Thoreau – similarly see the people and the 'country'/land to combined 'unity'. (; Unlike one would conclude from his former remarked prejudices or 'bias', Muir actually seems closer in that sense. 'Cause, unlike Thoreau he fx not remained on his 'own backyard'. ...But that's from quite artificial 'dividing line' to make, and between them even there's also some 50 y.) Despite the above said encounters w. Muir Austin actually refers to neither from very often.

; The major part this seems now presented around, or by citing that little compact book (The Land of the little rain). But guess it's only justified – Such as said, she seems been most renown of that. Anycase this now expanded, sligthly, of my any original intentioned 'picks' for a sort walk-through (as usual...)

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; But, still to mention, Austin takes for describe on one early chapter that (book) also the desert scavengers. Not just the scavenging birds, but other species. She writes, fx, (that) to 'these shambles' come, amongst, '...buzzards, vultures, and coyotes from all the country around.' (...it seems also express that Coyote, ain't not a scavenger 'by choice', but as '...lazy dog, apt to carrion-eating because it's easier.' ; ...I assume that a modern naturalist view, might find that said from a bit 'lackin'... ; Furthermore, says acc. that that Red Fox and Bobcat, from pressed by hunger, 'will eat any other animals kill', while being 'shy' of food 'that has been manhandled'. And then is also (Clark's) Raven, eating practically from any source, '...daunted by nothing short of tin.' ; But the closing on that (chapter) is not less pleasing for a yet another species until that left out by mention, since with that all put aforth '...there is not sufficient account taken of the works of man. ...no wild thing leaves a like disfigurement on the forest floor. ' (; p. 21-2., on chpt 'The Scavengers') ;

However, perhaps even from more notable than the whole description about those scavengers is how it 'pre-explained' via sentences like; 'Probably we never fully credit the interdependence of wild creatures, and their cognizance of the affairs of their own kind. ... So wide is the range of the scavengers that it is never safe to say, eye-witnes to the contrary, that there are few or many in such a place.' ; The treatment from scavengers of the desert ranges then resultant also isn't loaded w. any principal objections against or from something like 'sentimentalised repulsion'. ...Since for the human finding for most, probably, none amongst the said (species) happens appear much of any likehood to some 'fancied' by their traits. And more to the contrary. ; Yet, it would be possible add – acc. the modern knowledge – that some those scavenger birds belong to an ancient group (Fx the vultures including; By any present estimate the Raptors' lineage seems said from not very exactly known, since their fossil record is 'patchy', ...But, in spite of that, at least should by origin go as far back in time as '40 to 45 m. years ago'. ; Also, for example, to the N-American species did belong fx some Aiolornis incrediblis, a 'vulture-like raptor' which seems from lived at the continent until Pleistocene and went extinct only about 12.000 y.a. It had 'a wingspan from about 5 meters' and therefore was amongst the largest flyin birds ever lived. - Seems that for even more ancient existence, still from more millions years past, and 'relatives to the modern condors', there also flew even larger species on the S. American part. (; Acc. that 'Evolution. The Whole Story', 2005.) - But who'd know of such things from any too clearly; 'Patchy' in case of the fossils/animal species anciety, I recently learned, means about like 'We have a few skeletal remains and likehood to estimate this must represent the most undeniable evidence so far discovered and so we have this much knowledge about...Until there's some remarkable hypotheses and assured beliefs shaking discovery from to be made. Of 'sudden and unexpected.'

But actually mentioned that only due because from the reason that the Raven – specific species mentioned for the desert scavengers – happened bring my mind the few descriptions I discovered on some biology school-book, which published near to the time that Land of the little rain. And, guess the discipline was named as 'natural science' during that time, don't recall from exact to this instance. (Natural history actually the more correct term for the subject in question...) ; The (book's) contents were arranged, in the usual standard manner of that natural history, by the time, for animal fauna presented acc. from their (then) known orders (ie: fishs, the mammalia, etc.). Based on that time perhaps still bit less 'established' knowledges (ie an evolutionary theory, or 'view to'), it then also contained a section about the forest and rural birds, by this range of ours. - Our northern region, not any desert of course.

And, that specifically had the educative mention from that amongst those only the Raven, Crow, Jay, and, Cuckoo are counted for harmful species. (Actually I don't recall for sure whether the Jay was amongst the said. At least I don't particularly see what reasons for that could've been, except if from there was some more common held, inherited objections against.) But, essentially, the book left an impressions that while it's intention clearly was of a very modern educative kind – guess that was meant for gymnasiums, or maybe the university education – the said featured objections seemed based on plain common held beliefs of the time. (One could, if you wish, say the superstitious beliefs.) ...In compared to that, Austin's choices from the topic, and particularly from it's treatment, her maintained level of naturalism, feels for quite advanced kind, too. (Similarly at the most part her descriptions of the other animals mentioned on those pages, aren't neither sentimentalist, nor romanticing. But environmentalist observant.)

...Not that that from to make it of so unique or exceptional itself. Or that an above said/remarked would appear anythow very surprising, of course. ; At the begins provided quote (Lopez) about the 500 million victims on american plains to latter part 19^th century seems, of course, for more striking from the sheer number of the animals killed that took place. Not of that the attitudes by many peoples against that wild fauna would've presented something unusual during the time. (Even if the said mass slaughter of an american bisons, said counted for 75 million amongst, and the meaningless persecution via poisoning, etc., from the accompanying scavenging animals arriving to the corpses then would. Of more specifically considered.) ; But likewise, I've fx then happened read that by around turn of that 1900s, here latitudes the Raven was so hated an animal species that it was, sometimes, arranged the purposeful gatherings for annihilating the bird. Ie; men equipped guns and trampin' for nearby woods to kill any ravens found. Perhaps some 'co-species' when encountered, too. That for the reason, feels it likely, that still until our times, the species here from said remain of 'evaded' for the most isolated parts of a major wildernesses, and to avoids anything like the more urban/rural locality. (It's an intelligent tribe of the birds, that Corvidae, ravens and resembling groups of birds.) Actually, I think I've from rare seen the species, and even then mostly of some distances, flying at sky.

(; Of what the main explanations on, is difficult for more strict reason by now. But fx the most resembling kind reasons would've related for the 'superstitions', ao, on what that Lopez seems provide from the historically common persecution of the wolves. At least seems to the likeliest. ; Also, fx, from seeing or mainly of to hear the Black woodpecker pecking on an apartment walls was considered for a bad omen. - 'Prophesing' from the owner's soon following death. But I think that never was of anyhow similarly hated or from direct persecuted, still.)
 

; The wolf actually was from quite resembling manner here practically annihilated and it's protection, along w. some of the other 'beasts' didn't either take place than from well after the World war years. And in fact, I also read a mention of that the Lynxes (Lynx lynx) on a prior said timing, were almost from conserved, but the species from representing predative animal fauna prevented a president of to give an idea his final confirmation/acceptance. Such attitudes and conceptions feel very feel from very peculiar nowadays. ...At least most of us would today find the wilderness and natures 'exciting' species more for an admirable and even 'cute', instead.  (You think of those reasons most prevalent during the time, and it still doesn't seem of to make any logical sense. More from the contrary. Esp. of an apparent complete lack from understanfing/interest for the fact that in the Nature's there's usual some careful built, maintained ecological balance from everything.)

; (pic) ...This one for the final example, on this post. ...I've wondered what the species in question, but nothing seems from appear to a good estimate for. ; The specimen seems have quite some characteristics of those smaller lines on close edges. It actually has a nice little 'blueish' color, perhaps bit less strong though, than what the picture would show. And I think I not saw those very many around, or suppose that was growing by fewsome specimen nearby each other. Such as often from these fungi, would actually be rather interesting to know more about of that one too... 

; ...Such as I've earlier noted, the fungi appears also amongst the most beneficial varieties to diets, from healths case. Some promising and 'favorable' from the medical sense too, perhaps. In case from/when assuredly palatable, such as reminded... (; And to these days they also seem from manufacture w. the labs-tech and indoor farming some products from myco-proteins, fx. Wasn't any bad alternative for the soya, fx, as I tested some. Perhaps...But let that be, for now.) 

...Which mostly was only remarked to some additional background on an impression that Austin's writing actually, perhaps, to contains amount of 'environmentalist strive', too. And from to little observe to how uniform selective human memory often is. More often that also depends from what you are, or are not, prepared for to find – Hence the remark about those school-books; It stuck for my mind since, while I had all the knowledge about how common that resembling kind thinking was, I hadn't happened from thought of what the level these views might've held place/appeared alongside the more 'educative' views cons the non-human species. In short, the noted was somewhat more descriptive on a reliability from any scientific knowledges, by that time, than from anything else. Or by the later times, well often. ; Thenagain, anything like not only tells of the burdened past of 'our' species to it's surroundings, would be misleading displace that from (solely) for the prejudices of that past. Many present maintained – similarly 'self-assured' – conceptions bear a signs of the resembling inherited firm prejudice (That's why we have the problems of a 'micro-plast' - the particles that go down food-chain, the pesticides accumulate – similarly ending to the foods staples, or fx the fur-industry w. it's sanctioned animal 'slaughter-camps', ...You name a trait, none the less neglecting from it's complete avoidance to acknowledge environmental ethical issues.) Also recollect a few memoirs about the last decades firm beliefs on genetics, all from 'so-blissful' - to humankind - and you might began from wonder whether there too a lot of the resemblance for.

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'Before Christ / Anno Domini' ; Finally then, had the intention for write to this some estimates about the short-stories compile by another recent referred (old) american author, Lydia Maria Child. (I originally did mean from write on Austin only few pages lenght.) ; Yet seems that resultant hardly left us any place to the selections of the Child's collection I lately read (- that 'Fact and Fiction', published on 1846.) So, only briefly and not any manner detailed from (...I wonder, if that's anyhow practical, 'though.) ; A view-point, that Austin on some place her bio happens mention the Child to her early reads. Among others of course and while (it) not from anyhow important, seems that for tell about her fame as a fictionalist been still well in the memory by that late from the 19^th century.

; Then to mention, of those contained stories, the slavery is placed on a fewsome for their main topic. Karcher, (-94) seems remarked the 'Quadroons' for the less meritable story than what one would reason of it's later many rewritings by others and 'recognition' – Meaning that it's theme, the 'tragic mulatto' been favored on many said later inspired 'replicas' (Fx, among others Gertrude Stein, seems wrote on manner rather similar 'tone' at that 'Melantcha', her short novella, from about 1890s.) ...And so I quite agree on the view.

; 'The Black Saxons' is probably lot more successfull a creation, a slavery to its main topic. Situated by it's timing for a late from 18^th century (, year 1765 specifically given) and tells about a slave-owner who goes on for spy his servants, that he's allowed for participate on a religious gathering at woods. Finding them then resultant of arguing, fx, about what to do on him after their expected emancipation. (Since it's rumoured Briton troops of landing near for the neighborhood, ...etc. Plot not possibly needs explained any too specifical.) It a well built story and such as noted of era it placed at, seems only little from conceal the historical connections to timing of story's appearance. ('Though, Child makes that not from anyhow too apparent.) ; Of a 1800ian depictions for the similar kind, or slavery of described by any 'anglo-'/white american author I think that only second for the Melville's better known story 'Benito Cereno' (from 1855) – Which is a little resembling story from description and manner it narrated. ...The mentioned, actually for a more masterful piece of the fiction – but, interestingly, it too is from slight archaic, say 'clumsily' wrote. It situates on a Spaniard slave ship, arrived on the New England coast. Actually (that) seems noted much inspired of the real 'incidents' from it's background. Fx, those are said from traced for the former captive revolts on slave-transports - The Amistad (1839) a better known to this day, possibly, of the modern Spielberg-sort filmatisation/'re-creation' about from. And then, also by nearby-timing there had happened on 'Creole'-ship a resembling sort upraising (at 1840). 
; The main p-o-w, or mastery by narration of the Melville, is on that the whole from the incident is viewed via the impressions and thoughts by a Northerner sea captain who enters on board the said slave-ship. Typically for Melville, story also reads for an allegory – Yet the incidents are indeed very 'observant' from presented. Despite there's a bit of dramatization, and targeted emotional loaded hidden threats from hinted (in the narration), actually that not very much 'fictionalizes'. ; I mean the 'dramatization' is/are lot created of via inner psychology, and the story itself not so careful, from novelistic 'careful', thought-out and built. Increases it's sense of realism. ...Yet, there are, maybe, likewise other good examples for the comparison. Various some in the less well-known stories that I've not read or probably not aware from, of course. (Only by recent discovered that appreciated novel by Wells Brown, fx.)

But on that Child's compile...from more shortly viewed; In addition to some succesfull stories to be mentioned, at least there are also 'Elisabeth Wilson', and 'Rosenglory' (on the 'fallen women', in the light of to those times prevailed conceptions. ...Or merely against to those, or against said sort normative.). ; Both from her indian stories featured ('She waits in the Spirit land' ; 'A legend of the Falls of St. Anthony' – the latter mentioned being better from.) ; That 'scifistic' creation already from formerly mentioned ('Hilda Silfverling'). ; And then – also for from a remark's worth – that the more typical kind 'orphan stories' (such as, 'The youthful emigrant', 'Irish heart', 'The Neighbour-in-law') aren't any that much convincin'. Those merely feel for some fill-up, efforts from type/form of a 'Dickensian educative'. Meaning that despite them not any too badly wrote, on those the plots mostly are vein from a said kind. Cultivating and more to the following from that century's moralitets and philantric 'imaginations'. Although, the topic itself may have been very actuelt during the time and of that reason, very popular. Yet, part the reason I discovred those not from too interesting. 

; ...Plus, from the others to this not yet mentioned. Sufficent notice those generally less interesting. Except from cons. that the wide variety of topics her stories seem from cover. There's fx also a musically 'inspired' description about the circulation of a life's force through the Nature, starting of the plants and matter via the animals and finally 'ending' it's path to become an inspirative, creative force at composer's mind. (; Of the reason, one or to another, the 'antique'-stories also are actually the least successfull. Perhaps it from the 'fashioned' interest on the legends and ruins of the antique, by that period.) 

Soforth, all the 'shots' perhaps not quite that so amazing, or brilliant pieces.

...But, for a brief conclusion: About/almost half of the stories actually very good readable some. Which the main reason for these few remarks on and about. ; G-U-J 

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