Have you ever felt you're in one of those edge places when you're away from the ocean? To me, all the edge places I can think of are on the ocean -- not a lake or a river, not in the mountains although they are breathtaking and majestic. The places I've been which come to mind include the west coast of Ireland, the east coast of Newfoundland, the west coast of Vancouver Island and Santorini (one of the Greek islands). In all of those places, I've felt a sense of history, of lives lived and somehow imprinted on the very earth and yet they hold infinite promise as well, as there's no land to be seen or reached by boat for thousands of miles if you head in the right direction. -- Cindy's Cottage

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Date Posted: 18:53:13 07/07/09 Tue
Author: Carla
Subject: Have you ever felt you're in one of those edge places when you're away from the ocean? To me, all the edge places I can think of are on the ocean -- not a lake or a river, not in the mountains although they are breathtaking and majestic. The places I've been which come to mind include the west coast of Ireland, the east coast of Newfoundland, the west coast of Vancouver Island and Santorini (one of the Greek islands). In all of those places, I've felt a sense of history, of lives lived and somehow imprinted on the very earth and yet they hold infinite promise as well, as there's no land to be seen or reached by boat for thousands of miles if you head in the right direction.
In reply to: celtgirl 's message, "I think it has significance if you feel that it does. Which is to say, as a writer you let go of ownership to a certain extent when people read your work and bring their own perceptions and experiences to the work- after all that's the joy of reading, and why books are so much richer an experience than television. We interact on several levels while reading, creating a very personal world with the characters and settings. That being said, I play over and over on the idea of edge places- things that are neither here nor there, creatures that might be real or might not- areas of the world where it seems anything might be possible, good or bad, as though such places are an actual rip in the fabric of reality, and of course reality itself>>>" on 15:35:41 07/07/09 Tue

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