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My search for an acre of escape “Granite erratic, Dudmaston” by Richard Webb is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich It was the rock that caught my eye. Dappled with lichen and lighted by the afternoon sun, it appeared to be the perfect place for contemplation. A spot where you could sit and write your novel, ponder your place in the universe, and perhaps reach some kind of equilibrium with ...
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When Life Is Slow, Go Even Slower - Forge
A note to myself from the side of the highway https://kategreentripp.medium.com/?source=post_page-----3a340c067550----------------------------------- Kate Green Tripp https://forge.medium.com/when-life-is-slow-go-even-slower-3a340c067550?source=post_page-----3a340c067550----------------------------------- Dec 13, 2021·3 min readPhoto: Artur Łuczka / Unsplash Last week, my car needed service. I typically manage such days of privileged inconvenience by dropping my car at the dealer and grabbing...
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And corporations are now reaping what they’ve sowed https://pwross.medium.com/?source=post_page-----db40275a5418----------------------------------- Pete Ross https://index.medium.com/entry-level-jobs-are-everything-wrong-with-the-21st-century-db40275a5418?source=post_page-----db40275a5418----------------------------------- Dec 13·4 min readPhoto: Adrian Sulyok/Unsplash As a 41-year-old, I’ve seen the working world make a sizeable transition from when I was a kid to the point we’re at now. Whe...
Is Anywhere Safe from Climate Change? - Paul Greenberg - Medium
My search for an acre of escape “Granite erratic, Dudmaston” by Richard Webb is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich It was the rock that caught my eye. Dappled with lichen and lighted by the afternoon sun, it appeared to be the perfect place for contemplation. A spot where you could sit and write your novel, ponder your place in the universe, and perhaps reach some kind of equilibrium with ...
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I thought my vision was pretty good. Not quite 20–20, but close. Then I read Thoreau.
Yes, *that *Thoreau. Forget what you may have read by or about the “hermit Concord.” He is misunderstood. His experiment on Walden Pond was about seeing. All the rest — the solitude, the simplicity — were means to this end.
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Photo by Harry Quan on Unsplash
I thought my vision was pretty good. Not quite 20–20, but close. Then I read Thoreau.
Yes, *that *Thoreau. Forget what you may have read by or about the “hermit Concord.” He is misunderstood. His experiment on Walden Pond was about seeing. All the rest — the solitude, the simplicity — were means to this end.
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