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Tag Archives: Thoreau

Another Way of Looking at Flavor.

07-Sep-12

http://iowacomicbookclub.com/2015/12/14 Thoreau on eating wild things.  True in many ways: To appreciate the wild and sharp flavors of these October fruits, it is necessary that you be breathing the sharp October or November air. The out-door air and exercise which the walker gets give a different tone to his palate, and he craves a fruit which […]

Simplify.

31-Dec-11

Manikchari From the Charles Gray Dept.: I think my greatest accomplishment of 2011 – certainly the one Thoreau would most approve of – is not purchasing a single article of clothing – no coats, no hats, no gloves, no shirts, no underwear, no socks, no shoes, no belts, nothing.  “Beware any enterprise that requires new clothes.” […]

On Thoreau and Simplicity.

06-Nov-11

Not great, but ad rem. http://www.onearth.org/blog/why-thoreau-wouldn%E2%80%99t-buy-a-prius

A Walk In the Woods.

08-Jun-10

About six weeks ago, I walked along on old woods road, out of sight of any man or building, and on my return to the main road, was met by two police officers, one of whom carried an M-16.  They knew my name and where I lived, and were looking for me.  Apparently the owner […]

Synchronicity – the Acausal Connecting Principle.

26-May-10

I remember while studying Thoreau in depth, I got a terrible desire to listen to Don Henley music, for no apparent reason.  I went out and bought his greatest hits album, in which it stated that he was giving a portion of the proceeds to the Walden Woods Project, to save the woods around Walden […]

The Book.

21-May-10

You can pre-order the Staten Island book now.  I am excited by it; it looks to be a thing of beauty.  The illustrations by Lesley Chen are extraordinary.  I’m told I’ve pre-sold three copies, thereby exceeding all expectations. Selling books reminds me of Thoreau’s printing of a thousand copies of his first book – which […]

Woodchopping in Winter.

31-Dec-09

I highly recommend saving as much woodsplitting as possible for cold days.  First of all, it is fabulously warming exercise – “wood warms twice” is the Thoreau saying – and second, the frost makes the wood brittle.  It’s like chopping glass – it always splits when struck, and has none of the elasticity and suppleness […]

Our Dumb Predecessors.

03-Nov-09

Whenever I think the world is coming to an end from stupidity, I just read old books.  The one that has been inspiring me recently is (to be honest) Thoreau’s reading of old books.  But Thoreau is approaching old-book status himself anyway: “I learn from Topsell’s Gesner, whose authority appears to be Albertus, that the […]

The Eve of St. John.

23-Jun-09

Bonfire tonight, in honor of the Prodromos, bright enough to be seen from the next mountain, I imagine. I will add one of my favorite poems, though it is not for all: Light-winged Smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and messenger of dawn, Circling above the hamlets as […]