…the house I live in…

A journal of life pursued

Montaigne

March 17, 2012

To blog or not to blog?

The train took a wrong track and ended up at the wrong station. Continue reading

Photography, Technology, Writers, Writing

blog, blogging, Montaigne, Sarah Blackwell
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
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
October 20, 2010

Odds and Ends…

“Hello no. I’m putting it on eBay.” Continue reading

Creativity, The infinity of ideas, Uncategorized, Writers

Darwin, graffiti, language, Maine, Mark Zuckerberg, Montaigne, Mostly Fiction, The Social Network
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
May 21, 2010

What do I know?

I have struggled through life as everyone else who has no family wealth, no special calling, no unique talent. Continue reading

Books, Family, Life, Literature, Memoir, Philosophy, Reading, The Examined Life

Know Thyself, Montaigne, The Examined Life

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