Note: This essay is the result of a one-day writing workshop from rough idea to publish. In college, I got rid of most of what I owned. I could carry everything I owned in a trailer behind my bike. I did not even own the trailer but borrowed it from friends. I wanted to live in a tent. I wanted to backpack in forests and sleep under the stars beside a mountain stream.
Ken. I loved this story. As I read it, I was screaming in my head “Ken, go get them back!”. But I see now, Mari Kondo’s philosophy is working and letting go of things is giving you and your wife special time together.
This was a beautiful reflection Ken. You had me at Gary Snyder. I recently read a collaboration he did with the print artist Tom Killion, Tamalpais Walking (https://www.amazon.com/Tamalpais-Walking-Poetry-History-Prints/dp/159714259X) about their respective encounters with Mt. Tamalpais and its poetic history. I'm trying to make sure that the inspiration translates into actual adventures on the mountain. :)
Ken. I loved this story. As I read it, I was screaming in my head “Ken, go get them back!”. But I see now, Mari Kondo’s philosophy is working and letting go of things is giving you and your wife special time together.
This was a beautiful reflection Ken. You had me at Gary Snyder. I recently read a collaboration he did with the print artist Tom Killion, Tamalpais Walking (https://www.amazon.com/Tamalpais-Walking-Poetry-History-Prints/dp/159714259X) about their respective encounters with Mt. Tamalpais and its poetic history. I'm trying to make sure that the inspiration translates into actual adventures on the mountain. :)