PinnedThe American Life Is Killing You“I believe we are a species with amnesia, I think we have forgotten our roots and our origins. I think we are quite lost in many ways. And…Feb 1, 2020160Feb 1, 2020160
Appalachian Mountains: A Visual JourneySpring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.Apr 123Apr 123
The Comfortable Life is Killing You“Man has achieved his present position by being the most aggressive and enterprising creature on earth. And now he has created a…Apr 11Apr 11
Virginia Woolf’s Last Letter to Her HusbandVirginia Woolf took her own life on this day in 1941Mar 286Mar 286
Jim Harrison on Writing and Drinking“The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history…Mar 265Mar 265
If You’re Going to be a Writer…“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.”Mar 256Mar 256
Education of a Wandering Man“I think of myself in the oral tradition — as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of a campfire. That’s the way…Mar 212Mar 212
Happy Birthday, Jack Kerouac!“Everything is perfect on the street again, the world is permeated with roses of happiness all the time, but none of us know it. The…Mar 122Mar 122
Charles Bukowski on Quitting his Job to Become a Full-Time ArtistThe story of Charles Bukowski’s transformation into an artist unfolds like a hymn to the defiant spirit. It has all the familiar themes of…Feb 265Feb 265
