Oh, yes, the land thinks it is Spring.
The trees are already at it, pollinating and blossoming everywhere. Flowers too. Birds and frogs are singing. It is a balmy 2° to 12° C in the rain.
The trees are already at it, pollinating and blossoming everywhere. Flowers too. Birds and frogs are singing. It is a balmy 2° to 12° C in the rain.
March 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Oh, yes, the land thinks it is Spring.
The trees are already at it, pollinating and blossoming everywhere. Flowers too. Birds and frogs are singing. It is a balmy 2° to 12° C in the rain.
The trees are already at it, pollinating and blossoming everywhere. Flowers too. Birds and frogs are singing. It is a balmy 2° to 12° C in the rain.
"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." (Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
March 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." (Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
They will also need: a good traveling bag, food, water, clothing for the weather, good shoes, a notebook or other recording object, and a towel.
March 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
They will also need: a good traveling bag, food, water, clothing for the weather, good shoes, a notebook or other recording object, and a towel.
"We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders." G.K. Chesterton.
To have an adventure is to live.
"Wisdom begins in wonder." (Socrates, translated)
To have an adventure is to live.
"Wisdom begins in wonder." (Socrates, translated)
March 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders." G.K. Chesterton.
To have an adventure is to live.
"Wisdom begins in wonder." (Socrates, translated)
To have an adventure is to live.
"Wisdom begins in wonder." (Socrates, translated)
(Twelfth night is a romantic comedy and the original line is part of a prank, so ... enjoy its dual qualities of true and funny.)
February 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
(Twelfth night is a romantic comedy and the original line is part of a prank, so ... enjoy its dual qualities of true and funny.)
The reluctant adventurer is someone we can relate to. So is the frustrated would-be adventurer.
To paraphrase: "Some are born into adventure, some achieve adventure, and some have adventure thrust upon them"
(Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene 5)
#Adventure #Shakespeare
To paraphrase: "Some are born into adventure, some achieve adventure, and some have adventure thrust upon them"
(Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene 5)
#Adventure #Shakespeare
February 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The reluctant adventurer is someone we can relate to. So is the frustrated would-be adventurer.
To paraphrase: "Some are born into adventure, some achieve adventure, and some have adventure thrust upon them"
(Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene 5)
#Adventure #Shakespeare
To paraphrase: "Some are born into adventure, some achieve adventure, and some have adventure thrust upon them"
(Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene 5)
#Adventure #Shakespeare
There is something profound in not wanting new experiences but still being capable of experiencing wonder anyway.
#Adventure #Wonder
#Adventure #Wonder
February 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
There is something profound in not wanting new experiences but still being capable of experiencing wonder anyway.
#Adventure #Wonder
#Adventure #Wonder
Weird adventures leave the adventurer in a state where it is not clear if they are better or worse off. A significant change has occurred and they are somewhere different or they are different.
The story may end there, but that weird ill-defined state is where adventures can start.
The story may end there, but that weird ill-defined state is where adventures can start.
February 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Weird adventures leave the adventurer in a state where it is not clear if they are better or worse off. A significant change has occurred and they are somewhere different or they are different.
The story may end there, but that weird ill-defined state is where adventures can start.
The story may end there, but that weird ill-defined state is where adventures can start.
Bad adventures leave the adventurer or audience in a worse state. Destitute, disturbed, divided, imprisoned, impotent, or worse. Some are fatal.
February 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Bad adventures leave the adventurer or audience in a worse state. Destitute, disturbed, divided, imprisoned, impotent, or worse. Some are fatal.
Good adventures leave the adventurer, or their audience, in a better state then when they started. Riches, insight, connection, opportunity, capability are all rewards of good adventures.
February 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Good adventures leave the adventurer, or their audience, in a better state then when they started. Riches, insight, connection, opportunity, capability are all rewards of good adventures.
At their most complex, adventures are the experience of what is real.
Adventure stories live best in the space between abstract minimalism and reality: a narrative elaborated or distilled without being too thin or full to evoke wonder and the new point of view that goes with it.
Adventure stories live best in the space between abstract minimalism and reality: a narrative elaborated or distilled without being too thin or full to evoke wonder and the new point of view that goes with it.
January 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
At their most complex, adventures are the experience of what is real.
Adventure stories live best in the space between abstract minimalism and reality: a narrative elaborated or distilled without being too thin or full to evoke wonder and the new point of view that goes with it.
Adventure stories live best in the space between abstract minimalism and reality: a narrative elaborated or distilled without being too thin or full to evoke wonder and the new point of view that goes with it.
And a moment of transition, from one state to another.
January 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
And a moment of transition, from one state to another.