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Just Assaying

A Poem by Pete

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. - Thoreau

Steeple Chase

A Poem by Pete

The church is the place where prayers and sermons are delivered, but the tavern is where they are to take effect, and if the former are good, the latt..

Think Once, Act Twice

A Poem by Pete

So far as my experience goes, travelers generally exaggerate the difficulties of the way. Like most evil, the difficulty is imaginary; for what's the ..

Family Foliage (rough draft)

A Story by Pete

Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed. - Thoreau

Barriers

A Poem by Pete

The lichen on the rocks is a rude and simple shield which beginning and imperfect nature suspended there. Still hangs her wrinkled trophy. - Thoreau

'Diss' Avow

A Poem by Pete

Faith never makes a confession. - Thoreau

'Knows' Bleed

A Poem by Pete

Remember that the smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness. - Thoreau

Blameless

A Poem by Pete

The virtues of a superior man are like the wind; the virtues of a common man are like the grass; the grass, when the wind passes over it, bends. - Tho..

Destination Known

A Poem by Pete

As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail. - Thoreau

Shove It

A Poem by Pete

Be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. - Thoreau