Without getting there in spirit
I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk I…
LerWhen you can feel
I prefer winter and fall, when you can feel the bone structure in the landscape — the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something…
LerDeixando-o às voltas
Certo dia, ao entardecer, alcancei na estrada do Walden um conterrâneo que levava duas reses ao mercado. Esse homem havia acumulado o que poderia chamar-se “uma…
LerFeitos de vegetais
Um certo agricultor diz-me o seguinte: “Não se pode viver só à base de alimentos vegetais porque não fornecem matéria-prima para os ossos”. De acordo com…
LerFlat and stupid
It is dreadful how I miss you, and everything that everybody says seems flat and stupid. —Vita Sackville-West (de uma carta a Virginia Woolf datada de…
LerI became irrelevant
Solitude did increase my perception. But here’s the tricky thing—when I applied my increased perception to myself, I lost my identity. With no audience, no one…
LerElles sont
Soyons reconnaissants aux personnes qui nous donnent du bonheur; elles sont les charmants jardiniers par qui nos âmes sont fleuries. — Marcel Proust
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