Shasta Darlington

[Ian Livingston]

I take part of that back. Darrington is the town I was thinking of
that is in the Washington Cascades, not Darlington.

2009/10/2 Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>:
> Mt. Shasta in northern California inhabits a peculiar place in the
> cultural traditions that touch down in the area. It truly is a very
> beautiful 14,179' volcano that has inspired a rich mythology dating as
> far back as the oral histories of the native people can be traced. In
> "New Age" parlance, it is one of the "power spots" of the Earth.
> Whatever that means.  A great deal of very nebulous popular lore seems
> to get stuck to the mountain. I am not at all surprised to hear that
> someone might name their child after it, even indirectly (Shasta soda,
> e.g.) Of course, Shasta Darlington may be an assumed name. Darlington
> is a remote town in the North Central Cascades N.E. of Everett,
> Washington, which also has a history worth alluding to. It, too, is an
> exceptionally lovely location. Beats naming your kid (or yourself)
> after a car.
>
> 2009/10/2 János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com>:
>> I don't watch CNN often, and now I was surprised to see that their
>> person in Rio bears the name Shasta Darlington. I has never occured to
>> me that anyone could be called Shasta in the real world (certainly I'm
>> not familiar enough with American ways).
>>
>> János
>>
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