NOTES: Small Towns
We are losing our small towns, the same way we are losing family farms, topsoil, and a feeling for what Christopher Alexander calls "human scale." I had almost forgotten how a small town works, until... More »
We are losing our small towns, the same way we are losing family farms, topsoil, and a feeling for what Christopher Alexander calls "human scale." I had almost forgotten how a small town works, until... More »
Our culture places a premium on "being nice," and this leads to a lot of falsity, fakery and insincerity. How often do I step aside from an honest response in order to be nice? How... More »
I have an addiction, it seems, to self help books. With each new secret, solution, answer, method or system that comes available, I have to read it, or at least have it on my bookshelf... More »
In spite of all the writing I have done, I always feel as though I am still learning to write. Always the blank sheet of paper, like a vast open desert... Always the haunting fear... More »
I noticed today when I met F. how completely at ease I felt. It was as though he saw me, and understood immediately who I was and why I needed to talk to him. ... More »
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His name, in Latin, is Ardea herodias. He is shy and mysterious. I never know when he is going to show up, or how long he will stay. Months can go by, and... More »
Photography: "Macaws" by Alex Noble Copyright C 2007 by Alex Noble. All rights reserved in all media. From "Notes from the Soul Country" Please visit DIVING DEEPER: A Writing Workshop , and CAMP HAPPINESS:... More »
Photograph of Chilean Flamingo Feathers by Alex Noble Copyright C 2007 by Alex Noble. All rights reserved in all media. Please visit DIVING DEEPER: A Writing Workshop , and CAMP... More »