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Tag Archives: Lewis Carroll
“Growing Down”: Moving from MORE to LESS
Remember when you were, oh, say, six years old? And then, just a few months after your birthday, you were already counting, “I’m six and a half. In just three months I’ll be six and three-quarters. I’m growing up!” Growing up. … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Etcetera, Freedom, Health, Personal Essay, Wisdom
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Growing Old, Growing Up, Lewis Carroll, Octogenarians, Through the Looking Class, Wisdom, Working Out
36 Comments
“The Hurrier I Go—“
“The behinder I get!” Which is what’s happened to me as the summer’s whooshed out, autumn’s rushing in, and all the undone things of the last lazy months are tumbling down around my head. Result? Blog posts at the pace … Continue reading
Posted in Doubt, Etcetera, Personal Essay, Wonderings
Tagged Coping, Films, Lewis Carroll, Nerves, School, Uncertainty
32 Comments
Train of thought now leaving from Platform A—
A perfect stream of consciousness (train of thought, digression, whatever) happened a few days ago, when I could clearly trace the stations I stopped in at from the time I was first sidetracked. Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Personal Essay, Quotes
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Blogs, Digression, Distraction, Lewis Carroll, Mathematics, Porlock, Writing
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If Asked by a Caterpillar, What Would You Answer?
“Who are YOU?” said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I–I hardly know, sir, just at present– at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera
Tagged Age, Alice in Wonderland, Identity, Lewis Carroll, Wonder, Youth
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