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20 books of summer

05/29/201905/29/2019 ~ Michael ~ 33 Comments

This summer I’ll be participating in 20 Books of Summer, thoughtfully hosted by Cathy at 746 Books.

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on the lonely city

05/22/201905/20/2019 ~ Michael ~ 22 Comments

An ambitious study of New York artists, Olivia Laing’s The Lonely City examines a few of the many forms urban loneliness takes.

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on a paradise built in hell

05/13/201905/13/2019 ~ Michael ~ 11 Comments

An expansive work of cultural history, Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell triumphs the empathy of civil society in the wake of disaster.

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may updates

05/10/201905/12/2019 ~ Michael ~ 16 Comments

The combination of a souring relationship and another move’s left with me little time to read or blog, but things have stabilized in time for the end of spring and start of summer.

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qotd: possibilities

04/06/201904/03/2019 ~ Michael ~ 2 Comments

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New places offer up new thoughts, new possibilities. Exploring the world is one of the best ways of exploring the mind, and walking travels both terrains.

—Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust

qotd: movement

03/21/2019 ~ Michael ~ 4 Comments

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Moving on foot seems to make it easier to move in time; the mind wanders from plans to recollections to observations.

—Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust

on wanderlust

01/29/201901/29/2019 ~ Michael ~ 10 Comments

Expansive and engaging, Rebecca Solnit’s Wanderlust explores the history of walking in the West.

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