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Author Archives: Malcolm W Campbell
Farming and Feeding
This, on “Talk of the Nation,” driving up to work this afternoon: We’ve got to produce as much food by 2050 as we have in the last 8,000 years in order to feed our planet’s population. I’d cite the source … Continue reading
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The Process Leading to a Fine Benediction
Students in each of my writing classes keep a blog for the semester, and my practice beginning this semester is to join them. (I’ve used a blog in the past to communicate with students but only last year began asking … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophical, Spiritual, Teaching, Writing
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The Sun Also Rises
We rise at 4:30 and move with few words through our individual departure routines. For me: a shower (I never look so lovely as my wife in the morning), a cup of coffee, a quick breakfast. We meet at the … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophical, Questions, Reading, Traveling
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Fill an Ocean
Once, maybe 6 or 7 years ago, a therapist who was paying me well to help her sort through the general anxiety of life — okay, perhaps I was paying her — said, “What you don’t know about motives could … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd, Questions, Relationships, Writing
Tagged Faulkner, fiction and conflict, gender differences, global warming, motives, relationships, the horizon, therapy
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Between the Covers
This post title may mislead. Apologies or rest assured, whichever suits. A few comments from friends expressed amazement from my last post that (a) I’ve kept journals for so long; and that (b) the writing must be profound. With the … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd, Philosophical, Questions, Teaching, Writing
Tagged journals, keeping a journal, maybe no, Yes
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“Writing teaches writing…”
Bonnie Friedman, in her fine book Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer’s Life, writes, “Writing teaches writing.” Perhaps she’s not the first to pen this — but how often do we pen something entirely … Continue reading
Start flying, and flee your problems
Last Sunday, I drove my two older sons from the “flat lands” up to summer camp in the North Carolina mountains. Previous summers, I remember appreciating the noticeable difference in temperature between Charlotte and Tuxedo, NC. Last Sunday, summer ripped … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Practical, Traveling
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“Stop thinking, and end your problems”
Lao-Tzu, whose Tao te Ching influenced (and continues to influence) my perspective on living, reportedly inked this call to adventure in the 6th Century BCE. Never mind that there are dozens of translations of the Tao (I have my favorites) … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophical, Writing
Tagged Joseph Campbell, Lao-Tzu, Tao te Ching, travel, Writing
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