{"id":1873,"date":"2010-06-18T07:13:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T07:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2010-09-24T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T15:37:09","slug":"prospects-and-recollections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/18\/prospects-and-recollections\/","title":{"rendered":"prospects and recollections."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flynn and I are going on a mini-break next month. The last time we were together we were both living in the North of England. I was working for the Crown Prosecution Service and she was studying literary criticism and pulling pints in the Northern Quarter. I have some vague recollection of looking at bones and mummies&#8230;anthropological brain candy.<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n                                                      <em>&#8211; Journal, September 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beccas-Connemara-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Becca&#039;s Connemara 2\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beccas-Connemara-2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beccas-Connemara-2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Connemara\" width=\"450\" height=\"290\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-100x65.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-Becca.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Connemara Becca\" width=\"452\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-Becca.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-Becca-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-Becca-100x65.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Buffy-at-Carls.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Buffy at Carls\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Buffy-at-Carls.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Buffy-at-Carls-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beccas-Connemara.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Becca&#039;s Connemara\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beccas-Connemara.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Beccas-Connemara-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sandburg 4\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sandburg1\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Carl-Sandburg-Bedroom1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Carl-Sandburg-Bedroom\" width=\"450\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Carl-Sandburg-Bedroom1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Carl-Sandburg-Bedroom1-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sandburg 2\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg-2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg-2-100x65.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Sandburg3\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sandburg3-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-Cool-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Connemara Cool 1\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-Cool-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-Cool-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.buffyholt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Connemara-Cool-1-100x65.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.&#8221;   &#8211; Carl Sandburg <\/center><\/p>\n<p>Images, compliments Flynn and me, were all taken at Carl Sandburg&#8217;s home, Connemara.   There&#8217;s something very comforting about Connemara.  Like it&#8217;s waiting to be someone&#8217;s Walden Pond.  Like it was.  <\/p>\n<p>When Sandburg died, his wife, Paula, just up and left.  She took nothing with her.  The house remained as it always was, donated to the National Park Service.  <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flynn and I are going on a mini-break next month. The last time we were together we were both living in the North of England. I was working for the Crown Prosecution Service and she was studying literary criticism and pulling pints in the Northern Quarter. 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