Prelude to WA: Climbing Mountains “You may be a little cold some nights on mountain tops above the timber line, but you will see the stars and by and by you can sleep enough in your town bed, or at least in your grave. – John Muir, “Yellowstone, North Dakota” an essay in Wilderness EssaysContinue reading “Writing From the Side of a Mountain”
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Why Remember?
In Why Write?, Astrid tried to answer the question, “Why write?” for herself. She wrote to be a better thinker, because writing well takes more thought than speaking. But she also wrote to remember. And, as is many times the case, answers lead to more questions. “Why remember?” Why did she carry a pencil andContinue reading “Why Remember?”
Why Write
I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say. Flannery O’Connor My* Because I saw a bulletin board titled, “My Why”, which showcased all the reasons why the employees in the building did what they did. After overthinking it a few hours, I thought, “Shouldn’t it be, ‘My Because?’’’Continue reading “Why Write”
Long Trails and Tall Trees
Day 7 The family started day seven of their Sierra Nevada travels by eating breakfast outside in the gentle morning sunlight, shooing bees away from their food as they watched a flock of wild turkeys strut by. They were at We Three Bakery, a sweet little restaurant along the road leading into Sequoia National Park.Continue reading “Long Trails and Tall Trees”
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