Civilization was created mainly by people who stared at eclipses and sunrises too long, both firing and damaging themselves
And later, for me, by mountain people who had a significant place in their economy and culture for the annual gathering, processing, and nurturing of the eggs of fishes, and the more general worlding with the brook, stream, lake, river, and coastal fishes themselves As well as, again for me, by the Anglo-Saxons, and before … More Civilization was created mainly by people who stared at eclipses and sunrises too long, both firing and damaging themselves
Rethink all of intellectual history under the light of the fact that we just didn’t have as advanced of intellectual equipment as we do now
So , we could fabricate our dreams only imperfectly
Study
Stuttering casts a black pall over everything, damping and molding life
Not having a state or national religion has always been a big loss for Americans, one which we are very rarely even aware of, and even farther from addressing
I’ve been creative in any number of ways
Smoking in general is really the worst way of ingesting it – and pipes are the worst of the worst
That’s where I’m at – the lowest rung of heaven, the lowest object in the heavens – maybe a mountain’s horizon
Barbara
Fall of ‘89 – general exams, Willard Brook State Forest trip, the mystic misty maple – Winter of solidarity Spring, and summer of Barbara! Fall of Barbara Winter of Barbara After Barbara
If you’re going to do something, do it
Really do it – fully, and with alacrity, and with happiness and pleasure – Do it right – and do it wisely, and with grace And do something with it, – and for it