Hi M,
How are you?
"Le Guin once recalled that their summer house was "an old, tumble-down ranch in the Napa Valley … [and] a gathering place for scientists, writers, students, and California Indians. Even though I didn't pay much attention, I heard a lot of interesting, grown-up conversation."" (http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Updated Ursula's Wikipedia page from my Scott_WorldUnivAndSch Wikimedia login.
Hoping to learn a little more about Harbin from Heartsong as well too. He's an old timer there, and a main informant in my book.
Not sure how to write the sound you concluded our conversation with the other evening, but "Hmm" - how's that? Doesn't quite get the sound aspect, but Hmm.
L,
Scott
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Hi M,
While there is a Robert Louis Stevenson museum in the Napa Valley - http://stevensonmuseum.org/ - there isn't a museum for Le Guin there yet, although it's interesting to find her blog - http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ Blog2011.html - and that the tumble down ranch was called "Kishimish" ...
L, ScottWhile there is a Robert Louis Stevenson museum in the Napa Valley - http://stevensonmuseum.org/ - there isn't a museum for Le Guin there yet, although it's interesting to find her blog - http://www.ursulakleguin.com/
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Although I asked some old timers in St. Helena, I didn't find Kroeber's / Le Guin's tumble-down ranch called "Kishimish" again.
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