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A journal of life pursued

Thinkers

July 4, 2012

July 4th, 1845

Henry David Thoreau went to Walden Pond on this date in 1845. Continue reading

Philosophy, The Examined Life, Thinkers

Henry David Thoreau, July 4th, Thoreau, Walden, Walden Pond
July 2, 2012

The eagle and the hawk.

The universe drops us a gift when it delivers a genius lifting heavy weight in multiple categories. Continue reading

Curiosity, Nature, Philosophy, The Examined Life, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers

birding, E. O. Wilson, Edward O. Wilson, Nature, Writing
April 16, 2012

My “coffee-thing”

It rests in my mouth like the bitter taste of burned coffee. Continue reading

Books, Creativity, Literature, Memoir, Thinkers, Writers, Writing

Books, Knowledge, Leibniz, Reading, Writing
April 10, 2012

Woof, woof. Bark.

I want to be more like a dog and less like a human being. Continue reading

Dogs, Philosophy, Thinkers

Dogs, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Writing
February 29, 2012

The Philosophy of Groundhog Day

Does this action…hold up to the challenge of living it repetitively through all eternity? Continue reading

Life, Philosophy, The Examined Life, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers

Groundhog Day, Milan Kundera, Neitzsche, Philosophy, The Stone
February 25, 2012

Leaning in to wisdom.

I must climb down off this box of soap. Continue reading

Creativity, Literature, Nature, Philosophy, Photography, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers, Wisdom, Writing

Beethoven, Montaigne, standing on the shoulders of giants, Thatcher Cook, Thoreau

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