And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"Desert Solitaire" "The Monkeywrench Gang" "Confessions of a Barbarian" "Black Sun"..... Get readin' son. The philosophical enlightenment shall occur at "33 1/3 revelations per minute".
Totally badass machine. When I was a kid a neighbor had a 64, red with white convertible top. What a car. But like tons of other cars of that era it rusted away to shit
Ed's best pal Jack Loeffler lives nearby. I see him at the grocery store on occasion. Jack stole Ed's body and buried him in an undisclosed location. He wrote a book titled Adventures with Ed which is worthwhile reading.
Um, that was actually a guy named Doug Peacock. He's still with us, living up in Wyoming, I believe and as an ex-green beret this quote from Doug speaks volumes. "Eds was the bravest death I ever saw".
P.S. Doug was also the inspiration for George Hayduke. I've haunted SE Utah/SW Colorado deserts since 1981 and I'd give a year of my life to set with Ed just 1 more time and have a beer in some shitty small town bar. He was an asshole but he was my kinda equal opportunity asshole. EVERYBODY was the target of his ire on occasion.
I'm re-reading the end of Loeffler's book and he and Peacock and a couple others slipped Ed out of the clinic, still alive but sinking fast. They drove him way out to the sticks where he finally passed. Then they set about to bury him. But 18 inches down they hit solid caprock and were determined to bury Ed lower than that, so they spent a whole day hacking way. Reads like a joint effort, everyone equally in on the plan.
Hell yeah! Ed Abbey
ReplyDeleteAnd in his natural habitat, too.
DeleteWho the heck is Ed Abby????????????????
ReplyDelete"Desert Solitaire" "The Monkeywrench Gang" "Confessions of a Barbarian" "Black Sun"..... Get readin' son. The philosophical enlightenment shall occur at "33 1/3 revelations per minute".
DeleteThanks for the heads up. Another post was made to a link to some of Ed's books. I will have to secure a few of them to form my own opinion.
DeleteHe was the rarest of the rare- a man who spoke his mind, regardless of who it offended.
ReplyDeleteSuck on that Citroen! A friggin Buick Wildcat
ReplyDelete455 Cubic Inch V-8
DeleteTotally badass machine. When I was a kid a neighbor had a 64, red with white convertible top. What a car. But like tons of other cars of that era it rusted away to shit
Deletemy DADDY had one.
DeleteHe liked convertibles. I have one of his books where he is posed by a 75 Caddy convertible.
ReplyDelete"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
ReplyDeleteLike button, SMASHED.
DeleteUpdate to "last commie/marxist/socialist" on the planet.
DeleteWe should all be more in touch with our inner G.W. Hayduke.
ReplyDeleteEd's best pal Jack Loeffler lives nearby. I see him at the grocery store on occasion. Jack stole Ed's body and buried him in an undisclosed location. He wrote a book titled Adventures with Ed which is worthwhile reading.
ReplyDeleteUm, that was actually a guy named Doug Peacock. He's still with us, living up in Wyoming, I believe and as an ex-green beret this quote from Doug speaks volumes. "Eds was the bravest death I ever saw".
DeleteP.S. Doug was also the inspiration for George Hayduke. I've haunted SE Utah/SW Colorado deserts since 1981 and I'd give a year of my life to set with Ed just 1 more time and have a beer in some shitty small town bar. He was an asshole but he was my kinda equal opportunity asshole. EVERYBODY was the target of his ire on occasion.
DeleteI'm re-reading the end of Loeffler's book and he and Peacock and a couple others slipped Ed out of the clinic, still alive but sinking fast. They drove him way out to the sticks where he finally passed. Then they set about to bury him. But 18 inches down they hit solid caprock and were determined to bury Ed lower than that, so they spent a whole day hacking way. Reads like a joint effort, everyone equally in on the plan.
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