Writing
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…the meaning of doing a thing seriously…
The influences of history, when we recognize and manifest them, cease to be past influences. They become present. Continue reading
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The Limit of Anything is not a Natural Place
…together, the writing and the life, they make something of which I am unsure–but I am the student of that something, trying to be more sure. Continue reading
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“What I really wanted was every kind of life…”
…yearn for the difficult. The common is just that, common. Continue reading
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Friday Odds and Ends
We are surrounded by short stories. Continue reading
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“She spent her whole life trying to understand…”
But what got me was the concept of devotion to an idea as a life-long pursuit. Continue reading
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Moleskin Notes
A survey of things I’ve noted: “I tell you this not as aimless revelation but because I want you to know, as you read me, who I am and where I am and what is on my mind.” ~ Joan Didion, The White Album “There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that… Continue reading
...the house I live in... 