I am David Comden, publisher of the Ventura County Reporter and the Ventana Monthly magazine. Born and raised in NYC and Los Angeles, I’ve made it a habit to move to smaller and smaller cities. Ventura is my sixth and the one I’ve chosen to raise my family. It’s far enough away but close enough to most anything I want or need: Cities, culture, deserts, snow… you get the picture. Two Trees, the visual landmark on top of the hills above Ventura which I can see from my home, represents a few things to me: the natural beauty of this area; the fortitude to stand alone facing the wind (adversity) and the two boys Tina and I are raising – both of whom tower over us in stature.
I love this blog! Ventura rocks and you are one of the main reasons why!
Michael Collins
EnviroReporter.com
By: Michael Collins on June 25, 2008
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You might want to check your links…they have been taken down on the city manager’s blog…?
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By: qxufhoaxlu on April 20, 2009
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Your appreciation of Two Trees reminded me of the poem I wrote several years ago.
Two Trees On a Mountain
Two trees on a mountain by the sea,
One for you and one for me.
These trees look west and stand guard duty
O’er Buenaventura in all its beauty.
Wherever we go in this fair place,
We look to these trees as a kindly face
In coming home we know we are there
When the two trees appear like a loving pair
Husband and wife, or mother and son,
Or any two friends who live as one
Can pleasure the sight they often see,
Two trees on a hill are you and me.
They stand so green on a hill of brown
With blue sky above and clouds for a crown,
That I want to climb the mountain steep
And share their sight and vigil keep.
They see the city with all its life,
So much that is good and so much strife,
We need their view of the sand and sea,
A sign of the more that we can be.
Ventura is home for all who share
The sight of two trees on a mountain fair
Two trees on a mountain by the sea,
Two for you and two for me.
By: Quinn Beebe on July 23, 2009
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Sometimes, to not lose myself completely, I live signs where emotionally I feel fine. This is one of this places.
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