Campfire philosophy... Would you be up to some serious conversation around a campfire?

by Breezey Breezey Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:29 am

Can you possibly discuss different philosophies or important matters around a camp fire? Would you care to?

by Guest Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:05 am

I used to do a lot of that when my late wife & i had a camper. Used to go to a lot of Bluegrass Festivals. Always drank beer at them though ,so that may have helped in the talking part!

by Guest Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:08 pm

That is one of the things I miss most being single. My ex and I would go camping and fishing and the evenings around a good campfile, feeling the warmth of the flames, shooting for the sky, and the soft glow of dancing light, mads me mellow and reflective and wanting to snuggle. That's the other thing I miss about being single. flower

by Guest Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:32 pm

Good old camp fires I used to cut some old garden hose and stick it down in a piece of copper pipe,then put in the fire. It mada a lot of different colored flames. A bottle of wine and a good easy chair and one could talk on any subject.

by roxanna Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:50 am

How serious ? I loved sitting round a campfire in the bush, hearing about aboriginal legends and stories in north Queensland, travelling right up the center to Darwin with 2 siblings and niece camping each night ,and talking, talking ,talking , some times slightly serious, sometimes ROFLMAO !!........thanks for the trip down memory lane, to much to put down here !!

by Ja'aj Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:15 am

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Sure! I love! "that sort of thing". };>

by Breezey Breezey Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:18 am

I was thinking about how people sometimes think important, serious or philosophical discussions can't be held in certain settings and wondered WHY.

by Ja'aj Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:58 am

Bree,
Ah. Well... apart from being menaced by tigers or bears,
(hard to concentrate) I dunno either.

by Guest Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:56 pm

Breezey Breezey wrote: I was thinking about how people sometimes think important, serious or philosophical discussions can't be held in certain settings and wondered WHY.

I, for one, find a campfire too relaxing to want to discuss serious matters. I am a romantic, and a bonfire makes me very dreamy. I tune in to nature and the comfort of just being alive. Being by or on the water affects me the same way. I just can't help it.

by roxanna Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:33 am

Breezy, i think philosophical things are great for campfire talk,and the stars, how can one sit under them on fresh clear night and not be filled with wonder and awe. But not politics or personal problems, the atmosphere is just not right .

by JackRabbit Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:29 pm

As difficult as it might be to believe ... the rabbit DOES have a very serious side. Those campfire moments are ones that stay in the memory.

"In the time of your life ... LIVE ... so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it." - William Saraoyan

by Ja'aj Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:23 pm

Jack,
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