A week ago I asked my brother if he thought he could make himself to believe that a given ordinary object were in a sealed box simply upon my asking him to, and he said he could: he would trust my testimony. So, if I said "Jeff, believe that there are...
Read this bit from Dillard today:
Once, when the pond was younger and the algae had not yet taken over, I saw an amazing creature. At first all I saw was a slender motion. Then I saw that it was a wormlike creature swimming in the water with a strong,...
This morning I petted Hello, the cat my family feeds. I happened upon it as it lay lounging in the sunlight, like pagan royalty. Without explanation I flopped prone down next to it, and extended my hand. Hello took little notice, and continued to...
"If you don't feel happy when you're reading or when you're writing, of if you don't feel greatly moved, then you are not really reading or writing. The whole thing is merely reading, I mean for examination marks, and that, of course--I won't say that...
My method this morning of consuming my orange (grown 10 feet from where it is being ingested--little distance has it traveled), is to insert large portions of it (2 slices a time at least) into my mouth, to chew, letting the fruit's natural juices to...
