The Natural Classroom
A girl sits in a high school library, headphones in, connected to the computer where she sits. The empty glow of the screen rests on her apathetic gaze. Beyond her–twenty feet to her right–sit a bank of...
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Turning the Nerd Brain Off for the Summer
Posted by Mark Jenkins | Jun 28, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Twenty-four minutes. From 10:54-11:18. Time is regimented. Bites are quick, then back to class. Lunch can be a perfunctory transaction. By the end of the first week in summer mode, I had already forgot that it was Friday....
Read MoreWalking through the Sublime
Posted by Mark Jenkins | Jun 20, 2016 | Outdoors |
My friend Vince, when I asked him lo these many years ago if he wanted to go hiking, politely turned me down and reminded me that hiking was little more than “driving two hours to walk around and drive two hours...
Read MoreHarmonics, Yoga, and Happy Hour
Posted by Mark Jenkins | Jun 4, 2016 | A Musing on the Mundane, Camping, Outdoors, Uncategorized, Yoga |
There are things that I consciously pack in my backpack: stove, hammock, sleeping bag, food. And so on. All the essentials and a few luxuries my back will bear. But in the packing process, there are other items that make their...
Read MoreRage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Posted by Mark Jenkins | Dec 9, 2015 | A Musing on the Mundane, Outdoors |
Thank God for global warming. It is the season of long shadows, when the sun begins his descent early in the afternoon, turning the world into a shadowy realm only a few hours after the crest of noon. But unlike most early...
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