Coordination and Subordination In graduate school, I had a professor who said, “The hardest word in the English language to use properly is the conjunction ‘and’,” and “The key to success is subordination.” Coordination I just used the coordinating conjunction ‘and’ in the sentence above to join the two quotations, which are independent clauses. A […]
Chop Wood, Carry Water
I’m grateful for a reader’s comment about Axes to Grind, reminding me that one way to cope with post-election anxiety is to “chop wood, carry water.” In fact, that’s what I’ve been doing since about three in the morning of November ninth, when it became apparent that Donald Trump had won the election, until January […]
Axes to Grind
I have two axes to grind: a two-and-a-quarter-pound Boy’s Ax, and a Fiskars 28” Splitting Ax. Tim gave me the Boy’s Ax for Christmas in 1984, my first winter in Vermont. I was living in a poorly insulated cabin smaller than my Manhattan apartment. I heated the cabin with a small, wood stove. The ax […]
More to Say About Axes
More To Say About Axes Last week, I had Axes to Grind; this week, I have more to say about axes. Even though I’d been using an ax for decades, it wasn’t until a few years ago at a course a course on Traditional Ax Skills that I learned all the names for the parts […]
On the Trail Again
Since finishing my end-to-end hike on September 8, 2016, I’ve been back on the trail three times. Each time, the trail’s both different and the same. It always feels good to be back in the saddle: boots laced, water bottle filled, pack shouldered. As soon as I hit the trail I remember what a wonderful […]
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