I Wouldn't Want To Donate My Body

I Won't Put Myself In A Position Where I'm Vulnerable.

I've Never Taken A Scalpel To A Dead Body.

Life Brings With It Strangeness And Surprises And Upsets

To Almost Die Is To Know That One Day You Will, And To Never Again Feel The Same About Anything.

On The Last Morning Of Virginia's Bloodiest Year Since The Civil War, I Built A Fire And Sat Facing A Window Of Darkness Where At Sunrise I Knew I Would Find The Sea.