I'm going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season.

The only real nation is humanity

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place

Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.

How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe," in literal translation, "God gives but doesn't share." This meant... God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us.