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Tag: musings

The most dangerous pursuit

By Michael Coyle Posted on 12/01/2015 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with accidents, musings
The most dangerous pursuit
Travel on lightly snow-covered rocks

The most dangerous pursuit: hiking without telling anyone where you’re going

Knowing how to use it

By Michael Coyle Posted on 09/01/2015 Posted in Short Posts Tagged with grim, musings
Knowing how to use it
Flying over Whistler Village in 2008

Musings about knowledge and the things you canèt put in your pack.

Terrible thoughts

By Michael Coyle Posted on 05/07/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with grim, musings, SMS
Terrible thoughts
Roland Webb, 1975-2013

What if the last human contact a subject has is with me?

On the end of the year and old and new things

By Michael Coyle Posted on 31/12/2011 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with meta, musings

Some musings on the end of the year and what’s coming in the next.

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