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Welcome. What you will find here will be my random thoughts and reactions to various books I have read, films I have watched, and music I have listened to. In addition I may (or may not as the spirit moves me) comment about the fantasy world we call reality, which is far stranger than fiction.

Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

Monday, October 16, 2017

A Minute Meditation

Henry Beston Northern Farm: A Chronicle of Maine written during the late 1930s first published in 1949 When the nineteenth century and...

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Nature Writing: The Tradition in English

Robert Finch and John Elder, Editors Nature Writing: The Tradition in English 1100+ pages 131 authors and 157 selections I came across...

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Wallace Stevens: The Snow Man

The Snow Man One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And...

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Henry Beston: The Outermost House

I had only in the past year heard of Henry Beston and his classic work The Outermost House. This is actually my second reading of the boo...

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Joseph Wood Krutch: November 25, 1893--May 22, 1970

Joseph Wood Krutch, along with Loren Eiseley and Konrad Lorenz, had a profound effect on my way of thinking. Through them, I learned to app...

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