Serendipities Of A Nomad's Life

I’ve written before about the “Hermit Writings of S” and posted his script in its entirety on this site.  See here. In order to bring his writings to a wider audience, I’m going to post extracts from the Hermit Writings according to various themes which he himself used as sub-titles. They’re intended as bite-sized chunks [...]

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I’ve written before about the “Hermit Writings of S” and posted his script in its entirety on this site.  See here. In order to bring his writings to a wider audience, I’m going to post extracts from the Hermit Writings according to various themes which he himself used as sub-titles. They’re intended as bite-sized chunks [...]

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What Science Has to Say About Our Stuff and Happiness   Even as we rush to the mall with our credit cards, we’re likely to be repeating to ourselves and telling other people that we know “stuff” does not make us happy.   Yet our governments still measure citizens’ well-being in terms of economic output [...]

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At the danger of confirming my new nickname as  “doom and gloom Dennison” with which a friend recently hailed me, I’m posting this summary of a feature by Lester R Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute, about global food. Many of us may want to keep our heads stuck in the sand, but even [...]

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I’ve written before about the “Hermit Writings of S” and posted his script in its entirety on this site.  See here. In order to bring his writings to a wider audience, I’m going to post extracts from the Hermit Writings according to various themes which he himself used as sub-titles. They’re intended as bite-sized chunks [...]

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Here’s a shocking report on AFP that speaks for itself.: Oceans’ Fish Could Disappear in 40 Years: UN By AFP May 17, 2010 “AFP” — NEW YORK (AFP) – The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 without fundamental restructuring of the fishing industry, UN experts said Monday. “If the various estimates [...]

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Here’s a headline and news story that caught my attention – it was published in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, which is not usaually a source of alarmist environmental doom.   The story speaks for itself.  The notion that so much life on earth might be wiped so that humans can do whatever we want surely puts [...]

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If you read this quote from Eugene V. Debs you may 9or may not) agree that is a sorry commentary on America today. Then look when the words were spoken. ” It is extremely dangerous to exercise the constitutional right of free speech in a country fighting to make democracy safe in the world….. These [...]

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I found this quote from the German poet Geothe’s work Faust in Alvah Simon’s excellent book “North to the Night, A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic“.  Parts of the poem are often quoted, but I’ve not seen two stanzas quotes before.  Seeing the fuller context gives his words extra power and meaning: “Until one is [...]

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Even when “Adventure” is our middle name, we often shrink from making too drastic decisions that would really cut our lives adrift from the sameness and security that we also like to enjoy day to day.  And how can anyone just “sail away” when they have children and want to give them the best of [...]

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