August 2010
6 posts
“It takes a calm kind of crazy to accept the potential for death when one is only...”
– A.J. Calhoun, from this fine article over at Salon.com
BBC-Dimensions-What a Disaster Looks Like. →
Fascinating perspectives.
Can We Date? A Flowchart. →
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Joy of Simplicity →
A great article from the New York Times concerning the much-noticed trend in recent years towards simplicity as a means to happiness.
Author's Note to "Through Painted Deserts", by...
There is no other short essay written in the past several years that inspires me so much. Whenever I want to challenge myself to be a better writer, or remind myself of what kind of writer I will never be, I go to this passage. I have read it out loud to friends in so many places.. bookshops, coffee shops, bars, and in cars. At any opportunity, I’ll read this aloud to you. Hopefully, I...