Gabriel Gudding's Blog, page 28

Sabbadā sīlasampanno, paññavā susamāhito; ajjhattacintī s...

Sabbadā sīlasampanno, paññavā susamāhito; ajjhattacintī satimā, oghaṃ tarati duttaraṃ.

what is a paddle

Walt Blackadar, MD, Salmon Idaho, ran the Alsek River solo, several days through class VI rapids, from British Columbia into Alaska, in 1971 in a 13' x 23" fiberglass boat, died pinned under a fallen tree on the south fork of the Payette River, Idaho, May 1978, shaken by the death of his friend and consummate paddler Julie Wilson on the Bruneau River in 1974, southwest Idaho, first to write about

under icefall early jan '10 near the confluence of the ve...

under icefall early jan '10 near the confluence of the vermilion and illinois rivers, in one of the previously most ecologically fecund places on the north american continent, an hr north of bloomington, at the back of a canyon near an ancient native village, it feels like so much stuff happened in this place since the clovis peopled this region 12,000 yrs ago, photo a. funk

under an icefall early jan '10 near the confluence of the...

under an icefall early jan '10 near the confluence of the vermilion and illinois rivers, in one of the previously most ecologically fecund places on the north american continent, an hr north of bloomington, at the back of a canyon near an ancient native village, it feels like so much stuff happened in this place since the clovis peopled this region 12,000 yrs ago, photo a. funk

living near or far away - II

The spread of goodness reaches surprisingly far across social networks.


"Your friends who live far away have just as big an impact on your behavior as friends who live next door," Fowler says. "Think about it this way: Even if you see a friend only once a year, that friend will still change your sense of what's appropriate. And that new norm will influence what you do."
- James Fowler,

gaudium

doug ammons, psychologist, editor of  the quarterly journal of experimental psychology
author & expeditionary whitewater kayaker
beyond radical dudeism
"When we were in Mexico in 1991 we did a movie for National Geographic canyoneering the Shumulja River and following it underground. At one place we were a good 700 feet down in a vertical walled gorge, standing on a natural arch about 100 feet

killer whales - slaves to entertainmentthe truth about t...

killer whales - slaves to entertainment
the truth about the capture of orcas for the purposes of human entertainment

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meanwhile:

some good reviews are bad for you

I have rarely disagreed with a reviewer more. Except for the part where Gould says that both of my books to date are "imperfect and uneven in quality," and anything else in that vein, I generally disagree with everything HG says about both my work and today's literary milieu. I don't think, eg, we live in obfuscatory times. This is one amazing time to be alive and writing. But the fact is that

real poetry in the real world

we can do [poetry:] and w/ it
can we improve our lives?

Reading Thursday March 11 at the University of Wisconsin ...

Reading Thursday March 11 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison
Felix: A Series of New Writing



Looking forward to attending Caneocopia the next day!