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That’s What He Said
We are cartographers at heart, and we parcel and label our ‘here’ and believe that we move about, towards alien territory, perhaps merely in order to shift our grounding and our sense of identity. And so we believe that in … Continue reading
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Tagged alberto manguel, dante in the dark forest
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That’s What She Said
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. – Gertrude Stein
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That’s What He Said
From the late eighteenth century onwards, it is no longer from the practice of community but from being a wanderer that the instinct of fellow-feeling is derived. Thus an essential isolation and silence and loneliness become the carriers of nature and … Continue reading
Life Lessons and Running #1
By Margaret Hedderman The last time I ran with another person was at the New Mexico High School State Track Meet in 2004. Over the course of nearly 10 years (oh crap), I ran with my dog or by myself, … Continue reading
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What is a book? It’s a working hypothesis you use to get closer to things. —Christa Wolf, City of Angels
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Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. – Edward Abbey
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Pursuit By Sylvia Plath Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit. —Racine There is a panther stalks me down: One day I’ll have my death of him; His greed has set the woods aflame, He prowls more lordly … Continue reading
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That’s What He Said
The Touch by Ocean Vuong* We slept on the floor, our bones cushioned with cardboard. Behind the wall, someone was humming a lullaby. I felt the hardwood tremble, my mother’s shoulder quivering against my back, the sound of tears flooding … Continue reading
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That’s What He Said
There are things you just can’t do in life. You can’t beat the phone company, you can’t make a waiter see you until he’s ready to see you, and you can’t go home again. – Bill Bryson
That’s What He Said
It is a system that battens on one of our least attractive attributes. You can say that alternative systems have not worked, but that’s not necessarily the case. When you look at the Nordic countries, I would myself say that … Continue reading
