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Shenandoah National Park seems like the place to go. Bears! The visit in the night must have been incredibly exciting / terrifying (‘what are you going to do, give it a pedicure?’).
— Sep 15, 2026 03:31AM
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Jon Taylor
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Hell isn’t always other people. Many people seem to be genuine, kind, respectful and funny. But, sometimes, they are not. I suppose when you’ve been in nature with one other companion for a suitable length of time, large groups of boorish party-people must, indeed, seem like Hell.
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Jon Taylor
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Stories of our carelessness with nature - specifically the loss of the Great Chestnut to an imported Asian blight. A whole species 100% gone. Nobody really cares. Collectively, mankind is a shit.
— Sep 14, 2026 02:56PM
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It’s been about 25 years since I read my last Bill Bryson and here he is again, picking up the conversation like we never stopped it. His is a warm, familiar voice, naturally self-effacing, humble and funny. Like an old friend - if Carlsberg made old friends…
— Sep 11, 2026 03:43PM