May 2010
23 posts
Oh, Thoreau
At the age of twenty-seven in 1845, the poet and essayist left his family’s pencil business and built a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond. The two-year sojourn furnished him with the inspiration for Walden and “Civil Disobedience.” On his deathbed in 1862, Thoreau at the age of forty-four said, “Now comes good sailing,” later uttering the words “moose”...
“We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a...”
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thanks, Sarah
"What I say is that we’re capable of a...
St. Vincent Landmines
I’m crawling...
Grant Lee Buffalo, Mockingbird
(yes, a high...
When I began this, I had idealistic intentions of updating it regularly. That I may do, but it’s a commitment, and I’m trying to let go of commitments. Trying to create a more simple existence is giving me more space. I’m getting rid of my iPhone. I’m drinking my morning coffee on the porch. I’m spending a lot of time staring into the sky. Amazingly, this is slowing...
