Tombstone, I love Dels lines, but especially the ones about the Rockies being the marrow of the earth. Sadly, though Jeremiah Johnson has not been remade, I recently learned it has been subjected to a sequel about Jeremiahs sons going to Alaska, which is reputedly a pretty awful movie. What do these sentences mean? No matter, The Revenant took place in South Dakota and there are no Rocky Mountains here either. Its in there. Its on the list along with a thousand other books. The language and most quotes are so cool. Manage Settings who inherited george burns estate. Definition of keep their powder dry in the Idioms Dictionary. My first thought to Jims last comment was to think that for about 100 years, Europeans cut each other to pieces because they disagreed as to whether the bread in the host was changed into Christ (Catholics), co-existed with the body of Christ (Lutherans) or that Christ was truly present, but spiritually, not materially (Reformed). Loved it and all the comments, Thank you for the blog that I just stumbled across and enjoyed reading. People ask me, Were it worth the trouble? I say, Ha? My favorite movie of all timeat least 200 times viewed. To be honest, I called in sick at work to see the release of Jeremiah Johnson at the theater in 1972. I think Thats it in a nutshell. How ironic that it is Jeremiah Johnson that would connect us. Does JJ say grown particular or growd particular? A lifetime ago I left home for college. Bits and pieces of movie dialog creep into the conversation every time our families get together or we end up on a deer or elk hunt. It is probably the only movie I ever saw multiple times in the pre-VCR days, not counting The Wizard of Oz, because it came on TV every year and my sister was a big fan. Favourite lines, The same dumb pilgrim that Ive been hearing for 20 days & smelling for 3 "Put your trust in God," he told his troops, "but keep your powder dry." Wet gunpowder was very difficult to ignite, and with it a soldier would in effect be unarmed. A murdered family plus 18 years of crows making random attempts on his life, all for him and a group of soldiers respectfully walking through their burial grounds, might make Johnson harbor a bit of a grudge towards Paints. I am in the process of starting a blog and website and I end my blog with keep your eyes along the skyline and your nose to the wind.. Of Mice and Men Thanks Jerome. Ill never forget the experience of seeing JJ on the big screen. The way we met was riding pen back at a sale barn in Colorado. Tom, Thank you for your efforts on this site. KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY. Where the fair wind blows. I have no aspirations to hurt anyone (in fact, I aspire to hurt no one as much as possible). FYI for those who follow Geoff and I saw this movie together and it defined a fair bit of our childhood.
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