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The curve of love
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Whitney McKnight
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Do you see me?
When beauty fades, loneliness seems not far behind
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5
All this useless beauty
Us, the land, our hearts
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Grounding the ghosts back to their land
Becoming free of our ancestors
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4
We would never have thought to own other humans if we hadn't done this first
and, billionaires are buying a Montana mountain range and privatizing it
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4
The art and beauty of our collective Crown Jewels
Do you want old-growth forests or charcoal and paper pulp that could be created another way?
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7
Drinking
Shouldn't we all have the right to do it freely?
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6
Wild dogs
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10
Without faith in yourself, will you survive what comes after the election?
Lessons from the Ice Age Trail
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Napping at the edge of Appalachia
Thoughts that come on the honeysuckle breeze
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15
Montana v. monopolistic meaninglessness
Sameness breeds contempt
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5
The 'environmentally insolvent' business model
The clear and present danger of privatized utilities
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5
Willingly, consistently traumatized:
Why do some like having 'the news' shouted at them?
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2
You can't put a price on beauty
Vol.
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2
docu-mental: mapping the american states of mind
docu-mental: mapping the american states of mind
For americans seeking deep mental roots, not mindless shallow instructions. Well written. Often funny.
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