tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post8528829056312925175..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: 2,000 Miles in the Great PlainsBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-63223707480582188542022-02-01T19:30:23.858-06:002022-02-01T19:30:23.858-06:00Ben, the name Vogt caught my attention. Then Okla...Ben, the name Vogt caught my attention. Then Oklahoma and Big Jake Crossing nailed it. I grew up on a farm half way between Clinton and Corn. <br />I enjoyed your description of the attraction and austarity of the place. In my case, the Mennonite influence also was a strong factor. I think I carry it all with me - a simple life and a curious mind.<br />FYI, 1961, Wheat harvest team of ____ Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324095558141895263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-11535786741366337762012-07-01T11:15:15.764-05:002012-07-01T11:15:15.764-05:00Teresa--a water pitcher? I tore off a light switch...Teresa--a water pitcher? I tore off a light switch from the barn. We need these things, right? And it's more than sentimentality--they are guides, markers along our way.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-41391784974090023042012-06-30T20:22:52.131-05:002012-06-30T20:22:52.131-05:00I love your story from beginning to end. Glad ther...I love your story from beginning to end. Glad there will be more to come.<br />I, too, have a treasure from my grandmother. A metal water pitcher that I fill with plants. She was a gardener so I think it would have pleased her that I put plants in it. When I look at it I am reminded of how you used this in her ordinary, every day life and it makes me feel like I know her even though she passed Teresahttp://thegardendiary.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-86600782116420798712012-06-29T15:02:31.263-05:002012-06-29T15:02:31.263-05:00Geri--It's so important to have that stuff, I ...Geri--It's so important to have that stuff, I think, and in the right family members' hands!Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-56563317061704389092012-06-29T09:01:41.514-05:002012-06-29T09:01:41.514-05:00Enjoyed your perspective. I have some of my Garden...Enjoyed your perspective. I have some of my Gardening Grandmother's crochet.GardenGerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00150821551711045605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-42567404508788684842012-06-28T10:08:35.976-05:002012-06-28T10:08:35.976-05:00D--Scent? I missed that being in my car. I'd r...D--Scent? I missed that being in my car. I'd rather be a sooner than a husker, but I suppose I'd also be content as a gopher.<br />S--Wow, that senna seedling grew 4' in one year and is blooming? Amazing! Must me the plutonium in my garden soil. My senna is shorter and blooming less this year (and early), just as the caryopteris is.<br />J--Thank you. Sometimes less is more (it often Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-66980819540329290032012-06-27T21:31:13.549-05:002012-06-27T21:31:13.549-05:00I like this. Don't know what else to say.I like this. Don't know what else to say.James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-58329941271563595652012-06-27T18:30:18.109-05:002012-06-27T18:30:18.109-05:00Hi Benjamin,
I love your great-great grandmother&#...Hi Benjamin,<br />I love your great-great grandmother's doily! I'm glad you were able to get that.<br /><br />I enjoyed your photos of Oklahoma. I hope your thoughts and words find form for your book. <br /><br />The wild senna is about 4 1/2 feet tall and blooming. I love it!Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-73573499952572623462012-06-27T16:07:10.252-05:002012-06-27T16:07:10.252-05:00Thanks for the quick trip...I always love that sag...Thanks for the quick trip...I always love that sagebrush dotted desert and scent up in Taos; nothing like that down here. I also missed you not liking Oklahoma in past posts, though it sounds like you are less into Nebraska or the Huskers:-)<br /><br />Darn, we could have met in Clines Corners of Santa Fake!Desert Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952727692048782529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-49470937696322813212012-06-27T14:55:04.429-05:002012-06-27T14:55:04.429-05:00It's been a depressing place for me, a weight ...It's been a depressing place for me, a weight around my neck. Trips as an adult--and past my grandma's death--have eased it somewhat, but I still felt it this week. That mucky, quicksand, hot, stuck forever feeling.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-10199690963088249052012-06-27T14:20:27.826-05:002012-06-27T14:20:27.826-05:00Interesting and wistful post Benjamin. I didn'...Interesting and wistful post Benjamin. I didn't know you loathed Oklahoma, but that part of my state makes people hardscrabble tough. I love the whole place, but I do hate grasshoppers. Lord, I hate them. I'm so looking forward to your memoir. I bet we will share some memories.~~DeeDee/reddirtramblingshttp://www.reddirtramblings.comnoreply@blogger.com