But time is the one thing we have been given, and we have been given to time. Time gives us a whirl. We keep waking from a dream we can‘t recall, looking around in surprise, and lapsing back, for years on end. All I want to do is stay awake, keep my head up, prop my eyes open, with toothpicks, with trees.
If a man can pack a heavy load across a portage, if he can do whatever it takes without complaint and with good humor, it makes little difference what his background has been. And if he can somehow keep alive a spark of adventure and romance as the old-time voyageurs seem to have done, then any expedition becomes more than a journey through wild country. It becomes a shining challenge and an adventure of the spirit.
An all-time favorite has passed. Gosh, how I loved this book! So immersive and immediate - living the San Francisco counter-culture scene - Hanging out with gods of literature as well as the Hell‘s Angels; traveling the country and creating magic, mischief, and mayhem.
Geeking out at City Lights in SF. Bought my sweet daughters their very first Jack Kerouac. We‘ll start a new #rucksackrevolution.
The handsome mister surprised me with the #perfectbirthdaygift on our #campingtrip to the #greatsmokymountains #nationalpark - a signed copy of #thingsiwouldliketodowithyou - so beautiful! #inscription quotes a song that I believe is us. It is always #betterwhenweretogether #thankyou #happybirthdaytome #luckylady Thank you so much, Mike!
