In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

To give oneself is the only way of becoming oneself

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.

Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and a brotherly feeling.

I really try to enjoy life and have joy with what I do.

In order to remain competitive with its peers, the Aspen Arts Museum needs to expand. There is a possibility that, by using city-owned property, that could be achieved within the civic core.