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Thoughts on the Scramble

“Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.” — Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago A few days of sailing had the desired effect. The stress accumulated, overflowing and leaking out of my pores, revealed in comments and…

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Isle au Haut: A Billion Stars and Pristine Trails

“This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point in space. How far apart, think you, dwell the two most distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments? Why should I feel lonely? Is not our planet in the Milky Way?” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden…

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Experiencing More “Ought to Do’s”

Lately, my personal quest to stack memories seems to be paying off. Scheduled experiences this year have been notable and surely memorable, but so too have the family cookouts, early morning plunges into the pool and evenings throwing axes or on a lake with friends. These are things we ought to do more often, we…

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Stillness Instead

Have I lived enough?Have I loved enough?Have I considered Right Action enough, have I come to any conclusion?Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?Have I endured loneliness with grace? I say this, or perhaps I’m just thinking it.Actually, I probably think too much. Then I step out into the garden,where the gardener, who is said…

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A Winter Hike on the Welch-Dickey Loop Trail

The Welch-Dickey Loop Trail is one of the most popular trails in New Hampshire. There are many reasons for this, including its relative closeness compared to trails further north and its proximity to popular recreation destination Waterville Valley. But really, people hike this trail because the views are spectacular and you can do the hike…