well i think it's like the difference between reading and watching tv. the
tv - the vision you are wanted to see - involves having your mind made up
for you. I had a friend who washed his hair with dish soap I told him he was
nuts. Was he? or have I watched to much tv. If I look at art hanging on a
wall I almost always read the little blurb first then look at the art. I
feel some historic sites can be like this. Near me there is an old foundry
on top of a mountain This past summer I finaly got a chance to go up there.
The site was maintained - stabilized and mown -  The little town that was
there is gone, only a cemetary left. If there had been signs galore I
wouldn't have gotten around to the gravestones. On one was,"  soon after the
marriage of the deceased they both, as they hoped; and within a short time
of each other; became the subject of divine grace, and since that period
strove to live in the faith of the gospel; trusting wholey in the attonement
of crist as a ground of acceptance with their maker. Rejoicing in this they
died." Of course many, maybe even most sites can be read as you like ctb
-----Original Message-----
From: Met History <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, February 26, 1999 11:19 AM
Subject: "history isn't everywhere"


>In a message dated 2/25/99 4:51:56 PM EST, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> It's sort of
>>  like everyone has The Old Way of Seeing at the genetic level....
>> I think the tourist sites are somewhat of a shame because it
>>  tends to make people think that history isn't everywhere.
>
>Do tourist sites "make people think that history isn't everywhere" - or do
>they just respond to people who "think that history isn't everywhere"?  I
>believe the latter.  (If there were no tourist sites, would "people"
suddenly
>look at things differently?)
>
>And anyway, it's "olde way of feeing".  If you ever see Northern Lights in
>Olde Egremonte, I'll buy Ken a case of beere.
>
>Signed,   Clyde Tombaugh
>
>Signed
>