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Wow, that is an excellent tale, Dawn! If you aren't a published author, you well could be if you wanted! That is good readin! reading I love it! Bless you for sharing it! cheerful

Oh shucks Alisa. You tickle me pink with your compliments. I wish I was a published author. That would be so cool! Thank you so much. You made my week! smile

If it hadn't been for my husband, I would've walked off that bluff, simply because I convinced myself that there wasn't a gorge there...
However, I am so thankful for that day because you can bet you're bottom-dollar that now whenever I hear a singing gorge I'm extra careful. So, yep I think it could save my life. Now that I know what I know. lol I won't second guess me again. wink

You're also right about people thinking what they see, hear or feel is the same for others. That's another lesson I learned that day. I'd heard that about other people, but I never thought I'd be the one who was the only one (at the time) that actually experienced something seemingly so normal to me, while others were deaf to it.

I honestly believe that my husband probably would've never paid attention to the hums if it hadn't been for me. I think the reason he can hear them now it's like you said

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...what we perceive that most others don't (like your perception of the singing gorges) can be taught to others by explaining what you hear, stimulating curiosity, and then like you did with your husband, go out together exploring, being still and quiet, listening and comparing notes.


I've been pondering on the being able to hear the hum when I'm down in a gorge and I can't. I've been in gorges to see waterfalls and all I hear is the crashing falls.
We've fished rivers that cut through gorges and it's almost like being in a tomb or a bottom of a well. Unless a bird chirps or a boat passes, the silence is almost deafening... to me that is... wink

I hope someday, you can hear the gorges sing. Australia has such a varied terrain that I'm sure there's many places that would sing opera... so-to-speak wink lol

Thanks again for all your wonderful compliments and thought provoking comments.
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