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Loneliness

Adventures, Beaufort Books, dogs, Door County, Exile, For the love of dogs, Loneliness, North of the Tension Line, The Audacity of Goats, Washington Island, Winter · January 11, 2018

The Island by Night

The Island by Night

When I am on the Island, every night, before bed, the dogs and I go out for a long walk in the dark. There is nowhere else on earth where I could walk alone, in the dark, in the woods, and feel so completely safe. It’s true I have my dogs with me, but they are even less worried than I, and …

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Loneliness, North of the Tension Line, strangers · May 16, 2017

In the Prayers of a Stranger

I recently realized that my life had become rather narrow, and that music, once the central focus of my existence, had been reduced to passive listening. So, most days, now, I spend some time playing the piano badly. It doesn't matter that I can't play as well as I used to when I was serious, just …

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Adventures, Loneliness · September 17, 2016

Between Despair and Pride

I am reading some essays by Wendell Berry in which he captures--with great simplicity and concision--the necessity of loneliness. I think that is one of the reasons I love Washington Island so much: when I say that I feel more myself there than anywhere else, I think it is because I am alone there, …

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About J.F. Riordan

Called a “modern-day Jane Austen,” J.F. Riordan’s lyrical prose and rich characters are a tribute to small town life and the beauty of the ordinary.

Peopled with sharply drawn characters whose experiences are by turns serious, mystical, and ridiculous, her books bring into sharp focus the pitfalls and vicious politics that prevail in small towns everywhere.

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