tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post779350909901601473..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Finding PenniesThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-5250898103820029562008-04-17T13:38:00.000+01:002008-04-17T13:38:00.000+01:00Annie Dillard lived for a few years in the town wh...Annie Dillard lived for a few years in the town where I live and taught at the university here. Her novel, THE LIVING, takes place in Whatcom County. Thanks so much for this quote, solitary walker.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-4074041363018086822008-04-11T13:25:00.000+01:002008-04-11T13:25:00.000+01:00Thanks SW! I will.Thanks SW! I will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-44811444976276725622008-04-09T20:00:00.000+01:002008-04-09T20:00:00.000+01:00But perhaps your photos are pennies from heaven, R...But perhaps your photos are pennies from heaven, Ron?The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-48746777703945980042008-04-09T19:55:00.000+01:002008-04-09T19:55:00.000+01:00Dillard is an amazing American writer. Difficult t...Dillard is an amazing American writer. Difficult to summarise what she writes about, but it's usually on spiritual/literary/natural world themes. She's sharp, she's humorous, she's profound - and she writes with a dazzling verbal brilliance. Try the essays "Teaching a Stone to Talk" or "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" for which she won a Pulitzer prize and in which she describes a time which recalls Thoreau's sojourn by Walden Pond.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-85947954490594083372008-04-09T19:05:00.000+01:002008-04-09T19:05:00.000+01:00I walk and look for things to photograph.Another m...I walk and look for things to photograph.<BR/><BR/>Another morning walker only watches where he is going. <BR/><BR/>He is the one who keeps finding pennies!!Ron Bloomquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002890847388840918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-24211334925108267302008-04-09T19:00:00.000+01:002008-04-09T19:00:00.000+01:00Wise words. We should take them to heart. Who is A...Wise words. We should take them to heart. Who is Annie Dillard? Sorry to be so ignorant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com