The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918

Here’s a salute to “the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”, and to a million or more 11th hours — Armistices, Truces, Treaties — that at best have brought a pause, some longer, some shorter, in what we would rather was never begun. And a salute of gratitude as well, to [...]

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A Walk in the Woods

15 November 2009, Bear Heaven Campground in the Monongahela National Forest, Randolph County, West Virginia. We didn’t see any bears. But there were rocks and trees and more trees and other mountains far away leaving a wordless meditation in the echo of a raven’s call.

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Pausing to thank Dylan Thomas

Long ago, longer ago than I like to think it was, I was 18 and in my first year of college at the University of Chicago, out of my small town and in the city more-or-less on my own for the first time. Somehow, I no longer remember how, I discovered a great treasure in [...]

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