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a courageous fool
“The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.” Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hello Nomads!
What is the difference between courage and folly? I find myself wondering where the line is drawn between the two as I get…
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backcountry metaphors
Metaphors are everywhere. Being both an avid reader and a passionate writer, I encounter metaphors on the daily. Some of them fall flat on their metaphoric faces, and some of them move me to tears of utter joy that another human being has glimpsed into the darkest chasms of my mind and given a voice to that which I never thought I’d understand. Words are beautiful. Words have power. Words will…
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the risk-takers versus the list-makers
Hello Nomads! Before I get into the meat of this post, let us all stop to appreciate what a careful, noncommittal step this besuited gentleman is taking! He’s definitely not leaping before he looks. It looks as if we’ve caught him in the midst of testing the water (or, in this case, air). He hasn’t passed the point of no return. Not yet, anyway! He’s looking down, and I can only imagine what…
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What the *bleep* is a nomad?
Hello friends and fellow nomads!
Here I am, almost a month into my blogging journey, and already I’ve made a huge mistake! I call myself a nomad – I even occasionally address my good reader as a fellow nomad, and yet nowhere have I explained exactly what the word ‘nomad’ means and what the nomad lifestyle means to me. Shame on me!
In the interest of redeeming myself of this horrendous faux pas,…
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Is this the worst picture on the internet?
Hello, fellow Nomads!
First of all, let me sincerely apologize for the misleading title. Of COURSE this isn’t the worst picture on the internet. (In fact, when I try to conjure up an image of what the worst picture on the internet must look like, my brain immediately goes into self-protect mode and closes the curtain on said unformed image). This picture is beautiful! Right? Those two intrepid…
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