so winter's on its way out as well as much of my solitude, but i'm not as excited as I feel I should be.  I'm quite ready to be around good folks on a daily basis though the last couple days have been a strange sort of struggle i'm unaccustomed to.  words and simple gestures have been weighing on me more than they should, and i'm not as comfortable ( Read more... )

i stumbled upon this writing a friend david had posted in his journal years ago while going through some old emails and it was screaming for a need to be shared.

dear friend,

these days the pages turn slow. i read the words and i
reread the words until i can't even recognize them
anymore. i read slowly, carefully. i daydream often. i
paint pictures in ( Read more... )

i recently received the latest issue of the sun and as usual am completely enamored by the deep cutting portrayal of humanity contained within its pages. nearly every piece ends up hitting me hard, no matter the topic at hand. it lets me, forces me to slow down and savor it, because of the honesty and the struggle and the sometimes difficult ( Read more... )

"Farming is not a desk job nor the work of a laboratory technician.  It is a natural experience.  It is an understanding and appreciation for all life on this planet.  It is an attitude of living, of peaceful coexistence, not an attitude of kill or be killed or of constant conflict ( Read more... )

A good traveler has no fixed plans ( Read more... )

Let me be plain with you, dear reader.

I am an old-fashioned man. I like

the world of nature despite its mortal

dangers. I like the domestic world

of humans, so long as it pays its debts

to the natural world, and keeps its bounds.

I like the promise of Heaven. My purpose

is a language that can repay just thanks

and honor for those gifts, a ( Read more... )

a minute visual glimpse into my wonderful life. in case you're having trouble recognizing me, i'm in the plaid flannel/no vest and yellow shirt/pants. come visit or write, i miss you.

-anthony

I'm nearing the end of my time in California and am now anxiously looking foward to arriving back in NJ on May 26th. The past 7 months have been a most wonderful experience, but the main thing it's been lacking has been genuine, deep relationships with other people, which is truly why i'm so anxious to come back: to renew and establish new ways of ( Read more... )

i've been reading a bunch of wendell berry's stuff lately and i'd highly recommed it if you're interested in one person's view of the current social/cultural crisis and a well thought out road to recovery, in particular 'the unsettling of america' and any of his essays or poetry. I haven't gotten into any of his fiction yet ( Read more... )

a short rundown of my current situation ( Read more... )