mountains calliope they are so full of words but now they are empty 000413 ... calliope i go to the mountains to be healed they sew up the wounds that the cement sidewalks and plastic binders filled with blue and red lined paper have made they let me walk in them they let me speak to them they sing in their sweet tree songs of peace and tranquility gently rocking me to sleep in a black night the city could never have 000529 ... Zoe when i think of the mountains i think of these incredibly huge rock formations that provide hope. they are so beautiful. they rise up so high that you can't even see over them. it looks like they touch heaven. 000717 ... mak my home away from home during the summer 031230 ... emmi they were visible in the early mornings and after the heavy rains, they loomed over in the distance and felt sheltering in a way...even though they were always there, even at night when the clouds hid them. 040529 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Local view: Singular, Mt. Royal, the mountain Montreal was named for. Plural, the Laurentians to the north of the city. In a technical sense, these may all be hills. I've been lucky enough to see the Rocky Mountains close up in BC and the Alps from a distance, but a good bird's-eye-view, on a plane flying between Switzerland and Italy the only time I went to Europe. 140828 ... crimpyleaf they were sweet, yesterday hot, humid, and empty (of people) a blue-striped bee furry caterpillars a redback spider and many ants were present sometimes a breeze 250216 what's it to you? who go blather from