Friday 1 October 2010

a connection is not necessarily a connection

Thoreau said that his firewood warmed him twice - because he labored to cut his own. Mine froze me twice, for the same reason.
Dillard: The Writing Life, p 42

1 comment:

aafke7 said...

It's difficult to imagine what it means to chop your own wood in a daily routine. You must be a 'strong' woman.