On the Way Home

 I've been talking a lot about Marcus Aurelius lately, and it would only be appropriate to mention the other great philosopher, in this ...

 Life is short, and this earthly existence has but a single fruit to yield - holiness within, and selfless action without. Marcus Aurelius, ...

 I travel the roads of nature until the hour when I shall lie down and be at rest; yielding back my last breath into the air from which I ha...

 It occurred to me that I've never posted a picture of Pedro (that is, Peter, everybody calls him Pedro) who runs the South Burlington F...

 Look beneath the surface: never let a thing's intrinsic quality or worth escape you. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations , Book Six I've j...

 Think often of the bond that unites all things in the universe, and their dependence upon one another. All are, as it were, interwoven, and...

Over the years the blog has served many purposes, from actually capturing foreign travel experiences to ruminating on Proust or music to act...