{"id":1867,"date":"2014-11-23T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T03:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2014-11-23T19:57:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T03:57:02","slug":"desert-solitaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/desert-solitaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Solitaire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear-the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the heartbreaking beauty where there are no hearts to break….I sometimes choose to think, no doubt perversely, that man is a dream, thought an illusion, and only rock is real. Rock and sun.<\/p>\n

\u2015 Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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