Cassi Creek: Maple
Swamp Road and Cassi Road could well double for No Name City.
Beginning
yesterday afternoon, I’ve been experiencing flashes of footage from “Paint Your
Wagon.” I’m particularly afflicted by
the burial scene in the opening moments when gold is discovered in the grave of
a settler being buried after a wagon crash.
Lee Marvin was perfect in the role of a besotted misfit gold miner. Clint Eastwood played a great “partner” Along with “The Great Escape,” “The Frisco
Kid”, and “The Sand Pebbles, “ this is one of the top movies in my short
list. It’s the only musical in my short
list, highly irregular as neither Marvin nor Eastwood can do more than croak
along with the music. Then, neither could have most historic miners and
settlers.
Quick run
into town this afternoon to pick up some weekend necessities. Left at 1300, back by 1500. Temperature is approaching 60° F this
afternoon. The forecast is for rain and
high winds. I can do without the winds
and the rains for a while. Brought in
more firewood. We’re burning through it
this winter like never before.
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