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A Personal Reading Year in Review, Part Two
By Geo Ong You didn’t think I was done, did you? There’s more. In addition to the categories I’ve covered last week, here are some more reading trends to share with you. The Travelling Writer Travel literature is a mainstay … Continue reading
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Tagged a field guide to getting lost, a walk in the woods, bbc, Bill Bryson, books, bruce chatwin, eadweard muybridge, edmund white, geoff nicholson, gertrude stein, helene hanff, in patagonia, Jack Kerouac, notes on a dirty island, paris, paris france, reading, rebecca solnit, river of shadows, satori in paris, the duchess of bloomsbury street, the flaneur, the lost art of walking, travel literature
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That’s What He Said
…what a miracle are different languages and what an amazing Tower of Babel this world is. [...] That people actually understand what their tongues are babbling. And that eyes do shine to understand, and that responses are made which indicate … Continue reading
Posted in Examples in Urchinism, Geo, Literature, That's What They Said, Travel
Tagged humans, Jack Kerouac, language, life, relationships, satori in paris, tower of babel, understanding
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Would Your Mind Follow Your Feet If They Wander?
Words and images by Geo Ong In the introductory chapter of his book Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris, Graham Robb recounts his time as a younger man in the City of Light: ‘I came to know Paris well enough … Continue reading
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Tagged brest, France, french, graham robb, Jack Kerouac, paris, parisians, safety, satori in paris, tourists, walking
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