…the house I live in…

A journal of life pursued

Death

July 12, 2012

Let us acknowledge that which awaits.

“Live hard.” Continue reading

Death, Life, Philosophy, The Examined Life

death, life, Philosophy, William James
July 9, 2012

The Minaj Plain

Village barber, Rajasthan, 2007, © Doug Bruns A journal note from October, 2007, Rajasthan, India, the Minaj Plain The sun sets large on the Minaj plain. Three kilometers north a village bustles with evening preparations as penned lambs bleat. Nightfall returns mother and her milk. Herds of village-bound muted goats traverse the plain. Each hoof-drop Continue reading

Adventure, Death, Life, Travel

Goats, India, Rajasthan, Travel
June 26, 2012

Road-Trip Thoughts

…notions that skittered across the highway of my brain. Continue reading

Death, Dogs, Happiness, Nature, Travel

Driving, New Brunswick, Road trip
May 21, 2012

Curiosity has ceased. Contemplation has set in.

The big questions generate itches I must contort to reach. Continue reading

Death, Life, Memoir, The Examined Life

Diane Arbus, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Writing
March 7, 2012

The state of my (reading) mind.

…what do I want to know next? Continue reading

Books, Creativity, Death, Literature, The Examined Life

Cormac McCarthy, Julian Barnes, Literature, Man Booker Prize
December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens

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Death, Writers, Writing

Christopher Hitchens

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