Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post) (Read 7860056 times)

southendmd · « **Reply #13410 on:** June 06, 2007, 02:30:50 pm »

Jack could attest to the drivability of Wyoming's open roads and gorgeous vistas.

(Ennis's 1966 Ford pickup truck somewhere in Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Penthesilea.)

memento · « **Reply #13411 on:** June 06, 2007, 06:52:01 pm »

"Landscape – the place where they grow up – is what forms people; they can move away and live in other places, but they’re always drawn back – at least emotionally – to the place where they’re from." Diana Ossana BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN PRODUCTION NOTES / Love is a force of nature.

Meryl · « **Reply #13412 on:** June 06, 2007, 07:24:43 pm »

Like America, Wyoming is diverse, with town names reflecting all sorts of nationalities, including French ones like Du Noir, Bordeaux and La Barge.

Fran · « **Reply #13413 on:** June 06, 2007, 07:59:06 pm »

Jack (down in Texas) and Ennis (up in Wyoming) were geographically separated for most of their relationship.

memento · « **Reply #13414 on:** June 06, 2007, 09:32:59 pm »

Jean Henry-Mead, photojournalist, researched and wrote the centennial history of Casper, Wyoming, (where Ennis' married sister lived) titled Casper Country: Wyoming's Heartland, a centennial edition, which she researched by reading 97-years' worth of microfilmed newspapers dating from 1888.

The book covers the period of prehistory through the mid-1800s emigration period of the Oregon, Mormon and California trails; the Pony Express, Indian wars, homesteaders, outlaws, railroads, political upheaval, gambling, early oil production, Johnson County War, hanging of "Cattle Kate," and historical events through the Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1980s.

Toast · « **Reply #13415 on:** June 07, 2007, 11:56:54 am »

Annie Proulx and Ang Lee recognized the power of a beautiful but harsh state like Wyoming in their invocation for the rights of men in love.

=aside= Fran
Beautiful round announcement.

Fran · « **Reply #13416 on:** June 07, 2007, 02:56:03 pm »

"When word got around among gays that Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, hunky Hollywood hotties du jour, were set to play ranch hands who fall in love in the idyllic mountains of Wyoming, there was a certain giddiness...."

-- Jose Antonio Vargas, The Washington Post

memento · « **Reply #13417 on:** June 07, 2007, 06:21:37 pm »

Sage Wyoming, where Ennis grew up, is in Lincoln County. It is now a ghost town.

Toast · « **Reply #13418 on:** June 07, 2007, 08:13:57 pm »

Sage Wyoming, where Ennis grew up, is now a greatly minimized town in Lincoln County.

Meryl · « **Reply #13419 on:** June 07, 2007, 08:51:15 pm »

Lightning Flat, the northernmost Wyoming town mentioned by Proulx in her story, is also a ghost town, as a recent visit by Brokies proved.

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Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post) (Read 7860056 times)

southendmd

"D" is drivability

memento

"E" is emotionally

Meryl

"F" is French

Fran

"G" is geographically

memento

"H" is Heartland

Toast

"I" is invocation

Fran

"J" is Jose

memento

"L" is Lincoln

Toast

"M" is minimized

Meryl

"N" is northernmost