Standing stone
We took a several-hour trip to Lucas, Kan., over the long weekend. We stayed at Stone Cottage Farm Bed and Breakfast. Lucas is in Kansas’ Post Rock Country. On the treeless plains, settlers had to use whatever they could find for fence posts and building materials. Limestone lies very close to the ground in that area, so the settlers cut it out of the the earth to use.Stone Cottage Farm features several buildings, all of post rock. They’ve landscaped with numerous post rocks. This one reminds me of a passage in my favorite author J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece The Lord of the Rings
.…Still round the corner
We may meet a sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone…
Still round the corner they may wait
A new road or a secret gate
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun…
Labels: literature, my life, travel
posted by Roxie at
9:06 AM
2 Comments:
It looks very much like many of the standing stones I have seen in Ireland. There they are called "gallans" and are monuments for...well, we aren't sure what for. Battles, property and tribal boundaries, momentous events. Maybe yours are ancient Celtic! (Before they moved on to Chicago.)
Yes, from when the Gaels discovered America!
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