Things great and small.
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| Harry Bryan's Shantyboat from the cover of WoodenBoat Magazine. |
"Shantyboat is an account of life amid the elements; the backlands, and backwaters, weathers and currents that require human skill to be great, because human control is so small."-from the introduction by Wendall Berry to the book "Shantyboat, A River Way of Life" by Harlan Hubbard, the University Press of Kentucky, 1977.
Some of the joy of living close to nature, as some might call it, comes from the developing of ones mind and body and awareness. As this quote from the book states, human control, in reality is so very small and to stand any chance at avoiding the tragedy that is waiting just around the corner, in every aspect of our lives, great attention and skill are required.
It is our great fortune that the greatest joy and fulfillment is also had by the developing of those skills and thru their direct application in attaining our daily sustenance and comforts.
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