Books
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The appeal of hygge-ness
In Finland, where the winter nights are long and punishing, they have a word for such coziness, “hygge” (pronounced ‘hooga’). There is an aspect of hygge-ness to a night like this. Continue reading
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All Things Strongly Desired
"…for the rest of the day I reflected on it and attempted to grasp it over and over, trying as one does not to lose grip on such a thing as that." Continue reading
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Reading and New Travels
“I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks—who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering….” wrote Thoreau. Continue reading
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Living as long as you should.
There was a birder at the park this morning. I spotted him as Lucy and I rounded the path. He was walking a bike. He occasionally stopped and lifted his binoculars and peered into a tree. He was wearing bike shorts and a helmet and was sporting large rubber band-like straps below his kneecaps. “Red tail?” Continue reading
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Loaded and Cocked.
I’ve pursued the wrong question… Continue reading
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Da Capo
“…the pressure, oh the pressure…” Continue reading
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