“what difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse
surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog?
the question is: can you write?”
– Ernest Hemingway
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early winter hiking in MacCready Nature Reserve, Irish Hills, MI, USA 2020
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Absolutely right!
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he knows of what he speaks –
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Indeed. 👍
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Beautiful
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❤
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My only difference of opinion is: There’s nothing feeble minded about goats. 😀
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i’m a big fan of goats
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Feeble-minded goats need love too!
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that’s right!
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There was a feeble time in my life, after my first stroke, when I could not write, nor even pick up a pencil….
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and look how far you’ve come –
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The quill is shaky
Ink is streaky
My skin is flaky
And old bones are achy
But after a crunchy brekkie
And a Cafe cakey
Hey, maybe matey
I will still write daily
When I’m a spacey eighty
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i have no doubt ! )
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He understood creative space completely
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Dare I ask this question to myself? ;(
Will anyone read what I write? 😉
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)))
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I’ve often read that smaller spaces are conducive to better writing. (I would add that then exiting said enclosure to open spaces is just as good.). I love Mr. Hemingway.
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It love small spaces in the middle of the woods, i in loved the setting
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Me too. And then to step out into the massiveness of nature….
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Hmmm…I think it has potential, the outhouse I mean, there’s enough space to add some features to it and even a room, with a view, to write…lovely post Beth. Those statements make one think and thinking about creative work is enchanting, I would say. All the best,
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I thought it could be redone into a writing shed . Ran across it on a hike
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Could be, it definitely has potential. 😊
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Well, sure, easy for you to ask, Ernie.
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Great share today, Beth.
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Thanks!
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or in Hemingway’s case, surrounded by cats…
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My answer to Papa: well, I can at least print.
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There you go –
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Great share!
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Thanks!
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HA! Love this! Oh, and remember what Truman Capote said when asked about Jack Kerouac’s book “On The Road”: “that’s not writing, that’s typing.”
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Ha!
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Oh, brilliant!
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He knew what was important
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Indeed
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I love Ernie. ❤
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He was something else
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So awesome to read that!!
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yes!
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The outhouse would be stinky, but I would still write.
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it’s way old and seemed abandoned but such a cool setting
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I’ve written in most kinds of places, Beth, but to have written in an outhouse such as this would be a supreme achievement 🙂
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Just the wood on the door alone, had so many stories to tell
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indeed; a hard scrabble life 🙂
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Our outhouses were not so stunning. I love this one. No wonder he wrote so well. That is the question. I ask it often. Daily, minute by minute. 😉
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This was one that is in a local park here and it had an outstanding look about it
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Well your park certainly knows how to build them. Ours was several hooked together and as a small child facing a large hole with a rather long smelly drop, I always had great fear using them. Better than the chamber pots though. Lordy, I’m old! 🙂
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Yikes!)
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Love this thought! ✍️😊🌟
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❤️
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Thanks! 💕
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my pleasure
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Good one! 😎
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I like it too –
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