joenorwood
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Bohemian transcendentalist river rat. I guide rivers and I write.
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From Chapter Seven of Pearls in the Mountains
From Chapter Seven of Pearls in the Mountains
Chapter Seven I chose to make the Ocoee drive early in the morning instead of the night before. I left at six for the three hour drive, which would put me there a couple of hours before the trip. I prefer
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From Chapter Six of Pearls in the Mountains
From Chapter Six of Pearls in the Mountains
Climbing the steps of the bus was like stepping into a thick wall of silence and dread. I took the dogs out and came back in as quickly as possible. I didn’t say anything. I just sat there with her. She
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II The Dragon - Painting by Sabina Nore
II The Dragon - Painting by Sabina Nore
In German, one can say "inspiriert", which means inspired, but also "beflügelt", which translates as the same or, literally, it would be winged. I am not sure how to describe my current state of being.
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From Chapter Six of Pearls in the Mountains
From Chapter Six of Pearls in the Mountains
Chapter Six Sammy had a lowland boil going. His large wrap around deck was arranged with tables and chairs everywhere. It was probably closer to five o’clock than four, and the crowd was already there,
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Venezuela Reelects Maduro, Defying the U.S. Empire
Venezuela Reelects Maduro, Defying the U.S. Empire
Roger D. Harris just returned from monitoring the recent presidential election in Venezuela. Here's his take on Maduro's reelection. The Venezuelan people reelected Nicolas Maduro for a second presidential
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From Chapter Five of Pearls in the Mountains
From Chapter Five of Pearls in the Mountains
The second morning waking with Mary was much more delightful. My head felt clear. The world was starting to lighten up, dark blue and dim. Mary made the perfect little spoon, and I was content to breathe
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CONFLUX: The Day of the Bumblebee
CONFLUX: The Day of the Bumblebee
This is a sort of personal post. A marker. Feel free to ignore it, I won't mind. It's just a diary entry, but without any personal, juicy details. Probably utterly boring for anyone except for me.I wasn't
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travel
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joenorwood reblogged
Abyaneh is one of the most beautiful villages in Iran
Abyaneh is one of the most beautiful villages in Iran
Abyaneh is a village in the Central District of Natanz County, Isfahan Province, Iran. Characterized by a peculiar reddish hue, the village is one of the oldest in Iran, attracting numerous native and
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From Chapter Six of Pearls in the Mountains
From Chapter Six of Pearls in the Mountains
Chapter Six Sammy had a lowland boil going. His large wrap around deck was arranged with tables and chairs everywhere. It was probably closer to five o’clock than four, and the crowd was already there,
joenorwood
health
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Healthy Thoughts
Healthy Thoughts
I’ve been having these thoughts lately. I guess I need to flesh them out. They’re thoughts about health, science, mind, and emotion. I’d like to think that I have grown out of anxiety – the sort that affected
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From Chapter Five of Pearls in the Mountains
From Chapter Five of Pearls in the Mountains
Chapter Five “Hey!” “Hey, river rat!” I said. “You’ve been gone for a good while.” I had a small fire going. Mary lay out a towel and dumped a bag of rocks onto it. She was smiling like a kid, showing
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introducing
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Please, Allow Me To Introduce Myself............ Why I am Passionate About Education
Please, Allow Me To Introduce Myself............ Why I am Passionate About Education
I am passionate about working towards reforming the education sector of Bangladesh. All my life I have been driven by my strong belief that every child should have access to a high quality education. Education
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musicwaybackchallenge
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7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day Five - Althea
7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day Five - Althea
After the smoke and the dust settled, I found this part of my life. So here's to life on the road as a river gypsy, little communes, naked hippies and witches, searching, and finding deeper and deeper
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whitewater
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Make a Splash
Make a Splash
It's your stories that remind me of my stories. The more you live, and the more you share, the more I remember.
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history
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70 years of Nakba, the birth of the last colonial state. Very often the colonial origin of Israel is forgotten, but today it is more important than ever.
70 years of Nakba, the birth of the last colonial state. Very often the colonial origin of Israel is forgotten, but today it is more important than ever.
Yesterday, Israeli soldiers opened fire again on Palestinian demonstrators. In doing so, 52 people were killed and 1,900 injured. The protests took place on the eve of the Nakba, the commemoration of the
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novel
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From Chapter Four of Pearls on the Mountains
From Chapter Four of Pearls on the Mountains
At Jaws, the right side where we were at was all rock, great bones of earth rising up from the water and stair-stepping up in short climbs. Across the river, the blasted, quarried stone that made the
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musicwaybackchallenge
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7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day Four - The Dam at Otter Creek
7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day Four - The Dam at Otter Creek
The summer of 1995. I was STILL trying to finish college. Clay and I were right up front for this show. It was an outdoor concert on the World's Fair grounds in Knoxville. My apartment was literally within
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musicwaybackchallenge
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7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day Three - Fade Into You
7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day Three - Fade Into You
1994 I think I felt every breath that year. Each breath was a labor...painful and difficult to take. I had just bought this CD. I had recently come into a circle of amazing friends, and it was one of those
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7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day Two - Shout
7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day Two - Shout
In the summer of 1985, I was 13 years old, and my world was an inferno. I lived in an old civil war plantation mansion on the edge of a tiny town in the southeastern U.S. It was a mining and farming community,
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musicwaybackchallenge
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Seven Day Wayback Music Challenge Day One: Come Undone
Seven Day Wayback Music Challenge Day One: Come Undone
When you wake in the morning and some song is playing in your head that seems to have no business being there...you haven't heard it recently...maybe it wasn't even a song that you particularly like...