tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post5016730548479734741..comments2024-03-29T06:44:19.414-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Additional Amtrak travel tip!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1476436317391843312011-09-26T18:22:54.772-04:002011-09-26T18:22:54.772-04:00Yes, the Amtrak line from Philadelphia to NYC, and...Yes, the Amtrak line from Philadelphia to NYC, and then to Albany, is full of beauty. Beautiful rivers, beautiful trees. (Especially heartening when they take root somehow beneath concrete. Also all kinds of interesting plants, patterns of growth -- train beds of preserve older land, older flora) The beauty of trains, of course, and of train tracks (my father was a gandy-dancer for a while in Montana in his youth, back in the 30's, and he taught me to appreciate the WORK that the tracks themselves are and embody. <br />Also beautiful train stations! Those old Penn Stations in Philadelphia and Newark (let's not talk about NYC's).<br />Later I'll track down the Paula Poundstone reference. Just had to celebrate trains and especially the line you've been enjoying.<br />Work is a good word. Process and result in one.mchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20741118463935082942011-09-26T14:58:43.170-04:002011-09-26T14:58:43.170-04:00I couldn't get your Paula Poundstone link to w...I couldn't get your Paula Poundstone link to work. Maybe <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEnEyTK7FBQ#t=03m04s" rel="nofollow">this one</a> will. (I threw in the preceding joke about the parent with the two kids as a warm up to 3:15.)CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.com