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Horeb - Sinai Sunrise-777https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nile-delta-777.jpgNile Delta-777https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/egypt-780.jpgEgypt-780https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/egypt-782.jpgEgypt-782https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/egypt-2006-4.jpgEgypt-2006-4https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/egypt-2006-4-2.jpgEgypt-2006-4-2https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/egypt-2006-2-2.jpgEgypt-2006-2-22014-04-28T13:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2014/02/09/there-was-a-boy/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p6150632.jpgLake District, trail to TroutbeckThe trail to the town of Troutbeck 2014-02-11T12:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2014/02/02/john-cleese-and-creativity/2014-02-03T12:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2014/01/26/zen-and-everyday-life/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lotus_flower.jpglotus_flower2014-01-27T14:36:30+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2014/01/13/89-days-of-insecurities/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/8872_00f1.jpeg8872_00f1Sounds about right2014-01-25T06:41:01+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2014/01/12/new-semester/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rescher.jpgRescherNicholas Rescher [image from University of Pittsburgh] https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mme-reach-for-the-stars.jpgMME-Reach-for-the-Stars[image from http://uuspringfieldvt.org/]2014-01-24T15:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2014/01/09/nonviolence-interview/2014-01-09T14:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2014/01/07/stoicism-at-the-airport/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/airport-security-line.jpgairport-security-line2014-09-07T23:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2014/01/01/introverts-and-the-holidays/2014-01-08T14:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/12/30/wallace-and-education/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/david_foster_wallace_rect.jpgdavid_foster_wallace_rectDavid Foster Wallace (1962-2008), image courtesy of Salon.com2014-01-24T15:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/12/28/bad-faith/2013-12-30T16:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/12/15/bits-n-pieces-the-odds-and-ends-of-the-world/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/archaeologist.jpegArchaeologist2014-01-25T06:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/12/11/polis-is-this-charles-olson/2013-12-12T13:01:06+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/11/17/unsticking/2013-12-30T14:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/11/03/alan-watts-on-a-sunday/2013-12-06T13:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/10/30/question-everything-scepticism-as-a-way-of-life/2023-07-10T03:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/10/27/sisyphus-and-the-fair-field-full-of-folk/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sisyphus-new-yorker-cartoon.jpgsisyphus-new-yorker-cartoon(Image courtesy of the New Yorker)https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fair-field-full-of-folk.jpgFair Field full of folkImage courtesy of Vanderbilt library 2014-01-24T15:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/10/16/being-single-day-one/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/screenshot_2013-10-15-23-58-09-1.pngScreenshot_2013-10-15-23-58-09-1A text from my brother.2013-10-25T22:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/10/13/time-art-and-negative-capability/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/keatscolor-nndb.gifKeatsColor, nndbJohn Keats (1975-1821), day dreaming as usual (Image courtesy of nndb)https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/eugene_oneill_cape_cod_1922.jpgEugene_O'Neill,_Cape_Cod,_1922Eugene O'Neill at Cape Cod in 1922 (image courtesy of Wikipedia)https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/eugene_oneill_1936.jpgEugene_O'Neill_1936Eugene O'Neill in 1936, serious as ever (image courtesy of Wikipedia)https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/railway-autumn.jpgrailway-autumn2013-11-26T14:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/10/06/whats-a-stoic-to-do-emotions-and-reason/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/frowny-face.giffrowny-face2013-10-18T12:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/09/29/update-2/2013-09-29T12:19:09+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/09/15/i-am-a-sense-of-self/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hume-wikipedia.jpgAllan Ramsay, David Hume, 1711 - 1776. Historian and philosopherDavid Hume, courtesy of Wikipediahttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/descartes.jpgdescartesDescartes, courtesy of standford.eduhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/plato-bust.jpegPlato bustCourtesy of Wikipediahttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sartre-philosophy-and-polity.jpgSartre, philosophy and politySartre, courtesy of philosophyandpolity.comhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/self-definition.jpgSelf-DefinitionImage courtesy of Forbes.com2013-09-22T15:03:43+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/09/08/augustine-and-evil/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sanzio_01_parmenides.jpgSanzio_01_ParmenidesParmenides in the School of Athens by Raphael (from Wikipedia)https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/antonio_rodrc3adguez_-_saint_augustine_-_google_art_project.jpgAntonio_Rodríguez_-_Saint_Augustine_-_Google_Art_ProjectOne of the many picture's of St. Augustine (by Antonio Rodríguez) 2013-09-10T11:21:15+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/09/01/an-update-and-carl-sagan/2013-09-03T02:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/08/24/solitude-and-loneliness/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/samuel_taylor_coleridge_portrait.jpgSamuel_Taylor_Coleridge_portraitS. T. Coleridgehttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/emerson.jpgEmersonEmerson https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/byron_1824.jpgByron_1824Byron in 1824https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wanderer_above_the_sea_of_fog.jpgWanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog2013-09-05T12:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/08/18/egypt-a-reaction/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p6151049.jpgWalking into the sunhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p6100973.jpgBus ride, Egypthttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p5020541.jpgPyramid Guyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p4270359.jpgThe book seller, Coptic CairoThe Book Seller in Coptic Cairohttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p5020503.jpgKaranisKaranishttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p5020564.jpgEgypt, street scene2013-09-04T13:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/08/16/on-frasier-and-leaving-the-past-behind/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/frasier.jpegFrasierfrom fanpop.com2013-08-17T13:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/08/11/starlight-and-renewal/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/stars1.jpgstars1.jpg2013-08-11T16:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/08/09/orwellian-tea-advice/2013-08-09T21:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/08/07/the-quest-for-peace/2013-08-08T14:54:44+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/07/30/empty-blue-mattresses/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscn3565.jpgDSCN3565Polka-dots galore, welcome to my freshman dorm room.2014-03-10T11:13:27+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/08/07/the-amazon-post-or-why-print-was-already-dead/2013-08-07T15:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/08/04/checking-in/2013-08-04T22:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/07/31/hope4humanity/2013-07-31T14:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/07/24/pale-blue-dot/2013-07-25T14:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/07/23/mysteries-of-vernacular-quarantine/2013-07-23T17:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/07/21/option-overload/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p5020613.jpgEgypt, near GizaEgypt, outside of Giza, taken by me. https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/heidegger1.jpgheidegger1Heidegger, trying to relax after some series angst https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/jams.jpgjamsSo much jam, so little toasthttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/too-many-choices.jpgToo many choices2013-07-22T11:49:00+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/07/14/thoughts-on-friendship/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/facebook-friends.jpeg0530 stl facebook.jpgYou can never have too many Facebook freindshttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/aristotle-bust1.jpegAristotle, bustAristotle, with his dashing beardhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/aristotle-bust.jpegAristotle, busthttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/durandkindredspirits.jpegDurandKindredSpiritsFrom the Painting "Kindred Spirits."2013-07-20T15:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/05/28/the-good-life/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/the-good-life.jpgthe-good-lifehttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/goethe-in-campagna.jpgGoethe in CampagnaVon Goethe, a man who clearly understood the good lifehttps://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/opulence.jpgopulence2013-07-11T11:23:56+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/07/08/back-home-2/2013-07-20T15:33:01+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/06/20/egypt-week-two/2013-07-06T13:11:39+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/06/27/egypt-week-3/2013-07-02T12:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/06/12/egypt-week-one/2013-07-02T12:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/06/05/update/2013-06-11T08:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/06/03/a-short-fishing/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/100_1932.jpgAllegheny RiverAfter sunset on the Allegheny River 2013-06-04T11:41:49+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/05/30/real-world/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4240247.jpgEgypt MashrabiyaLooking through a traditional mashrabiya, photo by Brett2013-09-11T12:31:55+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/05/22/feeling-at-home/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/max1.jpgHouse picture2016-08-10T22:04:47+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/05/18/dreyfus-and-magee-phenonomology-and-existentialism/2013-05-18T14:20:47+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/05/13/aphorisms/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/nietzsche-377x500.jpgnietzsche-377x500Nietzsche, a man with few friends himself2013-05-17T13:47:25+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/05/05/cliches-and-images/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/charlie-brown-one-night.jpgCharlie Brown One Night2013-05-29T18:36:08+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/04/28/almond-blossoms/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/almond-blossom.jpgalmond blossom2013-05-16T03:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/03/31/happy-easter/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edphilosophical.jpgedphilosophical"Philosophical Rabbit" by Brian Pike2013-04-22T22:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/03/17/maps/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/treasure_map__skull_island_by_pumpkinjack6-d30me8q.jpgtreasure_map__skull_island_by_pumpkinjack6-d30me8q2015-04-10T12:20:56+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/02/10/the-is-and-the-ought/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/kant.jpegKantGerman Philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)2018-03-28T02:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/02/17/a-quote-on-love/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/symbiosis-ox.jpgsymbiosis-ox2013-03-20T12:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/02/03/labels/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sticky_note_sleeping.pngSticky_note_sleeping2013-02-03T16:08:20+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/01/27/some-thoughts-on-theater/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/costume-parade.jpegCostume ParadePhoto from the festival: a few of us in Midsummer Night's Dream Costumes, designed by Emily West 2013-02-07T15:54:14+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/01/10/798/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mt-marcy.jpgMt. MarcyPhoto I took from the summit as the sun rose. 2013-01-10T15:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2013/01/03/a-beautiful-interview/2013-05-04T16:31:21+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/12/31/so-another-years-gone-by/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/david_copperfield_24.jpegDavid_Copperfield_24David Copperfield and Co. celebrate the New Year2013-01-10T15:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/12/26/my-brother/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gemini-astrology-15139447-1753-1274.jpegGemini-astrology-15139447-1753-12742013-05-04T16:45:15+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/12/20/dredging-the-self/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/buddha_in_sarnath_museum_dhammajak_mutra.jpegBuddha_in_Sarnath_Museum_(Dhammajak_Mutra)https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hischool-self.jpgHigh School SelfAh yes, those gawky years 2012-12-20T21:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/12/14/sunset-on-the-allegheny-river/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/100_1926.jpg100_1926A picture of the trail just after sunset. 2012-12-14T22:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/12/02/wandering/2013-01-03T22:43:16+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/11/18/nourishment-and-starlight/2012-12-12T02:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/11/11/falling-in-love/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/littleprincebirds571x850.jpegLittlePrinceBirds(571x850)2012-11-21T04:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/11/08/a-few-thoughts/2023-02-20T23:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/10/28/authenticity/2012-11-04T15:51:04+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/10/20/an-update-thesis/2012-10-20T14:59:11+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/10/17/marcus-aurelius/2013-04-06T16:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/10/06/empty-cafe/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/egypt-pic-trash.jpgEgypt, garbage scenePicture from the road outside Fayoum, Egypt. https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/laverna-pic.jpegLaVerna picCafe La Verna, picture from St. Bonaventure's site. 2012-10-19T11:59:29+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/08/28/kafka-quote/2012-09-30T21:44:38+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/09/30/stars-and-broken-seashells/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/broken-seashells.jpegBroken-Seashells2012-09-30T16:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/09/18/echoes-and-identity/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/river-trail-at-night.jpgRiver Trail, at nightThe Allegheny River Trail at dusk, taken by me. 2012-09-21T16:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/09/08/crinkled-old-books/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/old-books.jpegold-books2016-08-20T14:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/09/05/update-finding-an-honors-project/2012-09-13T11:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/08/27/happiness-and-anxiety/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/albert-camus-cartier-bresson.jpgAlbert-Camus, Cartier-BressonAlbert Camus2012-08-28T01:02:11+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/08/15/road-trip/2012-08-22T14:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://backyardphilosophy.com/2012/08/10/stoicism/https://backyardphilosophy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/marcus_aurelius-wiki1.jpegMarcus_Aurelius, WikiMarcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-A.D. 180), looking stoical. 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