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"Appreciating the Trees." The University of Alabama in Huntsville. 19 Sep 2008.
Before this semester I never really noticed these trees on the Library Quad. But now that I have my camera, and the green of the leaves and the blue of the sky have been so beautiful, I am coming to appreciate them.
"Tension, like polluted air and water, is everywhere, and it affects everyone. It's part of this generation's bag. But there's no reason why you can't create your own carefree time zone....Laying brick has the uncanny capability of transporting the subconscious mind back into the distant past....It can even help you write your own prescription for peace of mind."
Step aside, Timothy Leary.
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From a series of circa-1960s D.I.Y. books called "Easi-Bild" that were published by a fellow named Donald Brann. In the beginning of each one, he wrote a little homily that tried to link up his own Confucius-like wisdom with whatever Easy Bild project was at hand.
So there would be a couple of paragraphs where he waxed poetic about some general concept essential to the good life, and then there would be a paragraph where he'd try to make you think you'd never done better by yourself than you did the moment you decided, say, to purchase the Easy Bild book on building a plywood bar in your basement.
A tragically overlooked 20th-century Thoreau was Mr. Brann.
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+ The older you get, the more quiet you become. Life humbles you deeply, as you age. You realize how much nonsense you've wasted time on. You start accepting things for what they really are. You stop forcing friendships and connections with people. You just learn to grow.