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Perpetual Thanksgiving
I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite,–only a sense of existence. —Henry David Thoreau, letter to H.G.O. Blake, 6 December 1856
Moth-Inspired Curves
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. She has no interstices; every part is full of life. –– Henry David Thoreau, … Continue reading
Posted in layout, quotes and excerpts, sketch, Uncategorized
Tagged George Walker, moth, Thoreau
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The Apple of His Eye
Near the end of March 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond nearest to where I intended to build my house…. The owner of the axe, as he released his hold on it, … Continue reading
Posted in axe, carving, quotes and excerpts, sharpening, Uncategorized
Tagged axe, bevel, diamond stones, quotes, sharpening, Thoreau
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