A narrow stretch of sand separated the cliffs from powerful breaking waves. The helicopter crew hoisted up the victim and the Big Sur Fire Chief before flying to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas.

As a student, like many of us, I liked to read Henry David Thoreau. Many of his ringing one-liners thrilled me and got copied down in my commonplace book, but there was one sentence I hardly ...

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In this cramped space, I’d have the luxury of living without a car or a big house, free of constant distractions. I began to pick up some of the wise writers in the Western tradition — Meister Eckhart ...