The UnPeopled Season: Journal from a North Country Wilderness

“Can you imagine a scenario, given our present circumstances, in which human life will actually survive and be here in a thousand years?”

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“The contemplative man always lives alone, regardless of who may reside in his home, his is a solitary world.”

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“...returning to nature has been a dream present in the minds of every generation since mankind first left nature.”

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“If happiness required me to ignore my thoughts and questions, then I hoped to never be happy.”

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“Today I am an unemployed writer living as a recluse in the great Northwoods.”

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“The trout is still with me, as are my memories. The future is somewhere between these two forces, but it lives in mystery. The river records to trail behind or before me, and covers everything as it flows. This mountain and this river are old, yet as I wade alone, they both appear young and new to me.”

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“I watched the surrounding landscape with great curiosity, and I wanted to discover the words that could describe all its unspoiled beauty.”

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“I was disoriented by the idea that men should ever leave the forest.”

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“I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom, and when I came out of the mountains, I saw the sky over the prairie, and I thought that if heaven was real, I hoped it was a place I never had to go, for this earth was greater than any paradise.”

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