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Lovely.
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by Patrick Rhone
“If we go back to a simpler life, it’s not going to be an impoverished life. It’s going to be a much richer life.” — Yvon Chouinard
In traditional Japanese culture, there’s an attitude towards artists that’s like, “You’re able to do something you like, so isn’t that enough?” This viewpoint leaves those involved in artistic expression in a tough situation. Because it’s not true. We can’t continue doing it unless it’s a business.
Take the chances a traveler has to take. In the end you will be so much richer, so much stronger, so much clearer, so much happier, and so much better a person that all the risk and hardship will seem like nothing compared to the knowledge and wisdom you will have gained.
My friend, Lucy and her partner Colin are traveling around America working on Organic Farms and blogging about it. You should follow them.
Home. Indian Summer evening.
JK Rowling in 1997 at a table in Nicholson’s Cafe in Edinburgh, where she wrote Harry Potter. Photo: Marius Alexander.
If you have not read her recent Cormoran Strike series of books written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, you are missing out. She’s an even more impressive writer now.
Beatrix, Geronimo!, and our Little Free Library just after official installation and opening.
I’ve watched this several times over the last couple of days. Inspirational and beautiful.
The Noise and The Quiet — Medium
The quiet serves me, but only because I listen to what’s held within it. The quiet helps me move forward when I feel I’m stuck in one place.