Something I used to do a lot at the Other Place was post my hikes around our woods. Today seems like a good day, though gray and overcast, to retreat into the “peace of wild things” as Wendell Berry put it.

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We’ve done a ton of hurricane cleanup I’ll hopefully get to later but not here. These trees are down from Helene. I’m off to look for a deer trail or something that will get me through this area.

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One beautiful old pine survived the hurricane; its neighbor did not.

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From MLK’s final speech “But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”

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Charlie Kirk did not practice politics the right way. He made a career of engaging in the worst degree of bad faith and putting the lives of vulnerable people at greater risk with his shameless propaganda. His murder is entirely reprehensible, but that doesn't condone his unbridled hatred.

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