…the house I live in…

A journal of life pursued

Henry David Thoreau

April 29, 2012

On the 150th anniversary of his death, Henry David Thoreau

“Now comes good sailing.” Continue reading

Philosophy, Writing

Henry David Thoreau, Thoreau
April 3, 2012

Of writers.

I went to Prague seeking Kafka… Continue reading

Memoir, Travel, Writers, Writing

Bruce Chatwin, Gertrude Stein, Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, Kafka, Travel, Writers, Writing
August 26, 2011

“…away from Heald Pond.”

To be present is the great motivation. Continue reading

Life, Nature, Philosophy, The Examined Life, Thinkers

Eric Hoffer, Henry David Thoreau, loniness, Maine, Montaigne, solitude
February 14, 2011

The Wisdom of Thoreau

“I make my own time. I make my own terms.” Continue reading

Philosophy, The Examined Life, Thinkers, Wisdom, Writers

Henry David Thoreau, Maine, Moosehead Lake, The Great North Woods, The Thoreau Society, Walden, Wayne Thomas
September 4, 2010

“I took great pleasure in this deed of Thoreau’s.”

I think a condition of a worthy life is living in relation to the ideal we hold. Continue reading

Philosophy, The Examined Life, Writers

Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendentialsim
August 12, 2010

To Transform Awareness…

“We had just eaten cheeseburgers with pickles and chips.” Continue reading

Creativity, Family, Memoir, Photography, The Examined Life, Thinkers, Travel, Writers

Bruce Chatwin, Camus, Christmas, Frank Kermode, Garry Winogrand, Henry David Thoreau, Malraux, Robert Frank, Zeno

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