Reading
On books, reading, and writers.
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Outdoor Books: Ken Ilgunas’ favorite nature books
This is a good list of nature, travel and adventure books compiled by Ken Ilgunas. His personal preferences align more with my own than the…
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We are Meant to be Many Things: Singular focus is not a human trait
Singular focus is not a human trait. It is a machine trait. Human life is fragmented on purpose. We are meant to be many things:…
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The Last Picture Show: Larry McMurthy’s novel set in 1950s small-town Texas
The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurthy is set in a small Texas town in the 1950s. McMurthy didn’t idolize the time or the place,…
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Star Bowl Spinning Overhead: Night Poem by Kim Stanley Robinson
Writing by starlight Can’t see the words Fill a page Nothing there Waterfall distant sound Tree against stars Milky Way Juniper Jupiter white rock Wind…
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All That Is Earth Has Once Been Sky: The Meteorite by C. S. Lewis
Among the hills a meteorite Lies huge; and moss has overgrown, And wind and rain with touches light Made soft, the contours of the stone.…
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Open Day and Night: From Vigil’s Aeneid
O goddess-born of great Anchises’ line, The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to…
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