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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 …
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 …
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, …
