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January 12, 2025

Montaigne in a Selfie Culture, pt 11

Considering Montaigne and his decades-long self inquiry in this time of selfies and high reveal. Continue reading

Philosophy, The Examined Life, Writers

Montaigne, Philosophy
March 20, 2013

Da Capo

“…the pressure, oh the pressure…” Continue reading

Books, Creativity, Philosophy, Reading, The Examined Life, The infinity of ideas, Thinkers, Writers

biography, Emerson, Francis Fukuyam, Julian Young, Mark Twain, Nietzsche, Ralph Waldo Emerson
March 18, 2013

Snow Under Boot

Maybe a walk in the woods should remain largely and exactly that: a walk in the woods. Continue reading

Nature, Philosophy, Writers

Henry David Thoreau, Maine, Nature
March 17, 2013

On the Day We Are All Irish

“Welcome, O life!” Continue reading

Creativity, Writers, Writing

Ireland, Irish, James Joyce, Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, St. Patrick’s Day
March 7, 2013

Montaigne

Who is this, this kindred spirit, this wise new friend? Continue reading

Books, Philosophy, Writers

Montaigne, Sarah Bakewell
March 6, 2013

So What?

I have my mother to thank for the question, “What are your motivations?” Continue reading

Creativity, The Examined Life, Writers

Camus, Fran Lebowitz, Richard Russo

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