…the house I live in…

A journal of life pursued

Nature

August 3, 2010

From a letter to a friend:

…immortality, the fruit of your low hanging branch… Continue reading

Death, Nature, Philosophy, The infinity of ideas, Wisdom

Heraclitus, immortality, Montaigne, the soul
July 8, 2010

The Maine Woods

Such is the advance of civilization. Continue reading

Life, Nature, Writers

Cruise ships, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Maine, Portland, The North woods
July 3, 2010

Just When You Thought It Safe to go Back in the Water.

Certainly no one is certain what a shark can know or not know. Continue reading

Dogs, Memoir, Nature

4th of July, Cape Elizabeth, Independence Day, Maine, Portland, seals, sharks
May 28, 2010

Moleskine Notes, redux

Zen does not ask, Where are you going? Rather, it asks, by what means are you going? Continue reading

Nature, Photography, Travel

biology, magnum, Walker Evans, Zen
May 4, 2010

…the american dog tick…

…the words blood meal make me uneasy. Continue reading

Books, Dogs, Nature, Reading, Writers

Admiral Nelson, Benalmadena, Costa del Sol, Deer ticks, Gibraltar, James Fenimore Cooper, Maine, Portland trails, Portugal, Spain, Straight of Gibraltar, ticks, Trafalgar
May 2, 2010

Persephone returns!

Spring – In ancient myth, Persephone is abducted by Hades and taken to the Underworld. (She was a babe.) Continue reading

Creativity, Literature, Nature, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers, Writers

Greek mythology, Hades, Persephone, Picasso, Spring, the Renaissance, The Romantics, the seasons

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