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From these pages you could consider me an admirer of landscapes, an explorer, a casual writer and photographer, a culinary devotee, and an ardent craftsman. But of character, style, and opinion little is revealed. Let me make the beginnings of an introduction.
At the heart of it all, I prefer to build things myself from scratch. I like to bake my own bread, build my own house, and invent my own philosophy. I find peace in capability and access rather than possession. Broader still, I fit all things on a scale from creation to destruction according to their merit: I remain unconvinced of any case for the existence of good against evil, or right against wrong. I follow no religion; rather, I hold that the world is ancient, the universe is vast, and each particle of matter is empowered to create. So arise snowflakes, galaxies, and emperor penguins. I take no political affiliation; while I enthusiastically support my country's multi-partisan system of government for the way it causes disagreement and discussion to thrive, I find republicans too socially conservative and democrats too fiscally liberal, among other things. I pay my taxes, cast my votes, and gripe like everyone else about how our leaders are doing too little or too much. While I incubate various projects and thoughts of making some personal contribution toward the good of the world, at the end of most days I am just working away to pay my costs of living and enjoy some of the finer things in life:
I prefer coffee black, chocolate dark, steak medium-rare and thick, stick shift in a pickup truck, hardwood floors, no shoes, red wine, non-fiction, ivory soap, classic rock, pizza with red onions and mushrooms and olives, eggs over easy, dogs over cats, campfires and guinness, and crisp white apples. Cherokee purple tomatoes, brown turkey figs, kyoho grapes, and the exquisite combination of fresh blueberries and ripe peaches are all among my favorite foods. I can't pick favorites beyond simple ingredients, except to say that a juicy beef burger just seconds off the grill, with warm melted cheese and a thick slice of cool tomato, is among the finest of meals.
Almost everything else about what I do and where I've been you'll find on the site. What I think, and links I like, for the most part do not appear; this is an information bank not an instrument of persuasion. Enjoy.
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