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Checking out #GearLibraries just makes sense
Sharing equipment makes #OutdoorRecreation more accessible, equitable and #sustainable.
By Amy Paradysz, Winter 2025-26
"We're all familiar with the principle behind #libraries: The community shares a collection of books so we can all access media without having to buy, own or store it. Gear libraries are built on the same notion: Sharing equipment makes outdoor recreation more accessible, more equitable and more sustainable. And sometimes it just makes good sense: Do you really want to own that pull-behind ski chariot that you might use once or twice?
"Thanks to a new coalition called the #MaineGearLibraryNetwork, it’s becoming easier to access a wider variety of gear throughout the state. For example, although #KindlingCollective in downtown #PortlandME doesn’t have enough space to stock a wide variety of outdoor apparel, their members can borrow what they need through #MaineGearShare in #BrunswickME at no additional charge.
" 'The network is a growing coalition of community organizations that are working together to make outdoor recreation more accessible, especially for rural, low-income and historically excluded communities,' said Maine GearShare Advancement Manager Emily Mackeown. 'This means that more Mainers can enjoy the outdoors in all seasons.'
"The lending or renting model varies greatly across the network. At some gear libraries, members can check out items for free—and membership may be as simple as having a card to your local library.
"More commonly, there’s a fee to check out items, but gear libraries that are nonprofits or under the auspices of a public library or university can charge less than a for-profit rental business would.
"Sometimes there’s a sliding scale based on socioeconomic factors; basically, people with more resources subsidize gear for those with fewer resources. At some gear libraries, groups like school outing clubs can save a great deal of money by purchasing a membership that covers hundreds of 'participant days' worth of gear, eliminating choices of what gear, exactly, they can afford to borrow."
Learn more:
https://www.greenhealthymaine.com/blog/gear-libraries#SolarPunkSunday #BorrowDontBuy #SharingEconomy #SpendTimeInNature #Kayaks #Hiking #Maine #OutdoorRecreation
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Checking out #GearLibraries just makes sense
Sharing equipment makes #OutdoorRecreation more accessible, equitable and #sustainable.
By Amy Paradysz, Winter 2025-26
"We're all familiar with the principle behind #libraries: The community shares a collection of books so we can all access media without having to buy, own or store it. Gear libraries are built on the same notion: Sharing equipment makes outdoor recreation more accessible, more equitable and more sustainable. And sometimes it just makes good sense: Do you really want to own that pull-behind ski chariot that you might use once or twice?
"Thanks to a new coalition called the #MaineGearLibraryNetwork, it’s becoming easier to access a wider variety of gear throughout the state. For example, although #KindlingCollective in downtown #PortlandME doesn’t have enough space to stock a wide variety of outdoor apparel, their members can borrow what they need through #MaineGearShare in #BrunswickME at no additional charge.
" 'The network is a growing coalition of community organizations that are working together to make outdoor recreation more accessible, especially for rural, low-income and historically excluded communities,' said Maine GearShare Advancement Manager Emily Mackeown. 'This means that more Mainers can enjoy the outdoors in all seasons.'
"The lending or renting model varies greatly across the network. At some gear libraries, members can check out items for free—and membership may be as simple as having a card to your local library.
"More commonly, there’s a fee to check out items, but gear libraries that are nonprofits or under the auspices of a public library or university can charge less than a for-profit rental business would.
"Sometimes there’s a sliding scale based on socioeconomic factors; basically, people with more resources subsidize gear for those with fewer resources. At some gear libraries, groups like school outing clubs can save a great deal of money by purchasing a membership that covers hundreds of 'participant days' worth of gear, eliminating choices of what gear, exactly, they can afford to borrow."
Learn more:
https://www.greenhealthymaine.com/blog/gear-libraries#SolarPunkSunday #BorrowDontBuy #SharingEconomy #SpendTimeInNature #Kayaks #Hiking #Maine #OutdoorRecreation
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Checking out #GearLibraries just makes sense
Sharing equipment makes #OutdoorRecreation more accessible, equitable and #sustainable.
By Amy Paradysz, Winter 2025-26
"We're all familiar with the principle behind #libraries: The community shares a collection of books so we can all access media without having to buy, own or store it. Gear libraries are built on the same notion: Sharing equipment makes outdoor recreation more accessible, more equitable and more sustainable. And sometimes it just makes good sense: Do you really want to own that pull-behind ski chariot that you might use once or twice?
"Thanks to a new coalition called the #MaineGearLibraryNetwork, it’s becoming easier to access a wider variety of gear throughout the state. For example, although #KindlingCollective in downtown #PortlandME doesn’t have enough space to stock a wide variety of outdoor apparel, their members can borrow what they need through #MaineGearShare in #BrunswickME at no additional charge.
" 'The network is a growing coalition of community organizations that are working together to make outdoor recreation more accessible, especially for rural, low-income and historically excluded communities,' said Maine GearShare Advancement Manager Emily Mackeown. 'This means that more Mainers can enjoy the outdoors in all seasons.'
"The lending or renting model varies greatly across the network. At some gear libraries, members can check out items for free—and membership may be as simple as having a card to your local library.
"More commonly, there’s a fee to check out items, but gear libraries that are nonprofits or under the auspices of a public library or university can charge less than a for-profit rental business would.
"Sometimes there’s a sliding scale based on socioeconomic factors; basically, people with more resources subsidize gear for those with fewer resources. At some gear libraries, groups like school outing clubs can save a great deal of money by purchasing a membership that covers hundreds of 'participant days' worth of gear, eliminating choices of what gear, exactly, they can afford to borrow."
Learn more:
https://www.greenhealthymaine.com/blog/gear-libraries#SolarPunkSunday #BorrowDontBuy #SharingEconomy #SpendTimeInNature #Kayaks #Hiking #Maine #OutdoorRecreation
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Checking out #GearLibraries just makes sense
Sharing equipment makes #OutdoorRecreation more accessible, equitable and #sustainable.
By Amy Paradysz, Winter 2025-26
"We're all familiar with the principle behind #libraries: The community shares a collection of books so we can all access media without having to buy, own or store it. Gear libraries are built on the same notion: Sharing equipment makes outdoor recreation more accessible, more equitable and more sustainable. And sometimes it just makes good sense: Do you really want to own that pull-behind ski chariot that you might use once or twice?
"Thanks to a new coalition called the #MaineGearLibraryNetwork, it’s becoming easier to access a wider variety of gear throughout the state. For example, although #KindlingCollective in downtown #PortlandME doesn’t have enough space to stock a wide variety of outdoor apparel, their members can borrow what they need through #MaineGearShare in #BrunswickME at no additional charge.
" 'The network is a growing coalition of community organizations that are working together to make outdoor recreation more accessible, especially for rural, low-income and historically excluded communities,' said Maine GearShare Advancement Manager Emily Mackeown. 'This means that more Mainers can enjoy the outdoors in all seasons.'
"The lending or renting model varies greatly across the network. At some gear libraries, members can check out items for free—and membership may be as simple as having a card to your local library.
"More commonly, there’s a fee to check out items, but gear libraries that are nonprofits or under the auspices of a public library or university can charge less than a for-profit rental business would.
"Sometimes there’s a sliding scale based on socioeconomic factors; basically, people with more resources subsidize gear for those with fewer resources. At some gear libraries, groups like school outing clubs can save a great deal of money by purchasing a membership that covers hundreds of 'participant days' worth of gear, eliminating choices of what gear, exactly, they can afford to borrow."
Learn more:
https://www.greenhealthymaine.com/blog/gear-libraries#SolarPunkSunday #BorrowDontBuy #SharingEconomy #SpendTimeInNature #Kayaks #Hiking #Maine #OutdoorRecreation
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Checking out #GearLibraries just makes sense
Sharing equipment makes #OutdoorRecreation more accessible, equitable and #sustainable.
By Amy Paradysz, Winter 2025-26
"We're all familiar with the principle behind #libraries: The community shares a collection of books so we can all access media without having to buy, own or store it. Gear libraries are built on the same notion: Sharing equipment makes outdoor recreation more accessible, more equitable and more sustainable. And sometimes it just makes good sense: Do you really want to own that pull-behind ski chariot that you might use once or twice?
"Thanks to a new coalition called the #MaineGearLibraryNetwork, it’s becoming easier to access a wider variety of gear throughout the state. For example, although #KindlingCollective in downtown #PortlandME doesn’t have enough space to stock a wide variety of outdoor apparel, their members can borrow what they need through #MaineGearShare in #BrunswickME at no additional charge.
" 'The network is a growing coalition of community organizations that are working together to make outdoor recreation more accessible, especially for rural, low-income and historically excluded communities,' said Maine GearShare Advancement Manager Emily Mackeown. 'This means that more Mainers can enjoy the outdoors in all seasons.'
"The lending or renting model varies greatly across the network. At some gear libraries, members can check out items for free—and membership may be as simple as having a card to your local library.
"More commonly, there’s a fee to check out items, but gear libraries that are nonprofits or under the auspices of a public library or university can charge less than a for-profit rental business would.
"Sometimes there’s a sliding scale based on socioeconomic factors; basically, people with more resources subsidize gear for those with fewer resources. At some gear libraries, groups like school outing clubs can save a great deal of money by purchasing a membership that covers hundreds of 'participant days' worth of gear, eliminating choices of what gear, exactly, they can afford to borrow."
Learn more:
https://www.greenhealthymaine.com/blog/gear-libraries#SolarPunkSunday #BorrowDontBuy #SharingEconomy #SpendTimeInNature #Kayaks #Hiking #Maine #OutdoorRecreation
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No generalization is wholly true, not even this one.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OliverWendellHolmes #Generalizations
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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No generalization is wholly true, not even this one.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OliverWendellHolmes #Generalizations
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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No generalization is wholly true, not even this one.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OliverWendellHolmes #Generalizations
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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No generalization is wholly true, not even this one.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OliverWendellHolmes #Generalizations
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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No generalization is wholly true, not even this one.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #OliverWendellHolmes #Generalizations
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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The problem, when solved, is simple.
-- Freshman Chemistry Lab⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #FreshmanChemistryLab #ProblemSolving
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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The problem, when solved, is simple.
-- Freshman Chemistry Lab⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #FreshmanChemistryLab #ProblemSolving
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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The problem, when solved, is simple.
-- Freshman Chemistry Lab⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #FreshmanChemistryLab #ProblemSolving
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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The problem, when solved, is simple.
-- Freshman Chemistry Lab⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #FreshmanChemistryLab #ProblemSolving
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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The problem, when solved, is simple.
-- Freshman Chemistry Lab⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #FreshmanChemistryLab #ProblemSolving
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
-- Edward Abbey⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EdwardAbbey #Delusion #Truth
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
-- Edward Abbey⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EdwardAbbey #Delusion #Truth
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
-- Edward Abbey⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EdwardAbbey #Delusion #Truth
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
-- Edward Abbey⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EdwardAbbey #Delusion #Truth
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
-- Hannibal Barca ((circa 247-183 BCE))⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HannibalBarca #Victory
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.
-- Alfred Korzybski⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlfredKorzybski #Doubt #Knowledge #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never -- I repeat -- never under any conditions face the facts.
-- Ruth Gordon⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RuthGordon #Life #Luck
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
-- Will Rogers⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WillRogers #Advertising
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Competence is a state of controlled incompetence.
-- Ronald Epstein⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RonaldEpstein #Competence #Incompetence
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Change your thoughts and you change your world.
-- Norman Vincent Peale⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NormanVincentPeale #Attitude #Change
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Anyone who slaps a "this page is best viewed with Browser X" label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network.
-- Tim Berners-Lee (Technology Review (July 1996))⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TimBernersLee #Web
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Anyone who slaps a "this page is best viewed with Browser X" label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network.
-- Tim Berners-Lee (Technology Review (July 1996))⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TimBernersLee #Web
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Anyone who slaps a "this page is best viewed with Browser X" label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network.
-- Tim Berners-Lee (Technology Review (July 1996))⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TimBernersLee #Web
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Anyone who slaps a "this page is best viewed with Browser X" label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network.
-- Tim Berners-Lee (Technology Review (July 1996))⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TimBernersLee #Web
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Anyone who slaps a "this page is best viewed with Browser X" label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network.
-- Tim Berners-Lee (Technology Review (July 1996))⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TimBernersLee #Web
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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The Trumpocracy rule: The main benefit of controlling a modern bureaucratic state is not the power to persecute the innocent. It is the power to protect the guilty.
-- David Frum (@davidfrum)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidFrum #Bureaucracy #Injustice
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Isn't it obvious that Chicken Little represents the sane vision, and that Homo sapiens' motto, "Let's go shopping." is the cry of the true lunatic?
-- Twelve Monkeys⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TwelveMonkeys #Humans #Insanity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.
-- Sam Harris⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamHarris #Atheism #Belief #Religion
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Our happiness doesn't depend on somebody else's action or on anything else. It doesn't depend on our success, but rather on the effort we're willing to put into everything we do. Even if people disappoint or fail us left and right, even if people turn against us, hurt us, lie about us, don't understand us, even if they think they know everything about us and judge us unfairly, they can't infringe upon our happiness. True happiness means that we have a deep-seated peace and tranquility that transcends all the difficulties of life, that cannot be disturbed by the chaos and warfare that might touch our lives.
-- The Monks of New Skete⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TheMonksofNewSkete #Happiness
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Our happiness doesn't depend on somebody else's action or on anything else. It doesn't depend on our success, but rather on the effort we're willing to put into everything we do. Even if people disappoint or fail us left and right, even if people turn against us, hurt us, lie about us, don't understand us, even if they think they know everything about us and judge us unfairly, they can't infringe upon our happiness. True happiness means that we have a deep-seated peace and tranquility that transcends all the difficulties of life, that cannot be disturbed by the chaos and warfare that might touch our lives.
-- The Monks of New Skete⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TheMonksofNewSkete #Happiness
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Our happiness doesn't depend on somebody else's action or on anything else. It doesn't depend on our success, but rather on the effort we're willing to put into everything we do. Even if people disappoint or fail us left and right, even if people turn against us, hurt us, lie about us, don't understand us, even if they think they know everything about us and judge us unfairly, they can't infringe upon our happiness. True happiness means that we have a deep-seated peace and tranquility that transcends all the difficulties of life, that cannot be disturbed by the chaos and warfare that might touch our lives.
-- The Monks of New Skete⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TheMonksofNewSkete #Happiness
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Our happiness doesn't depend on somebody else's action or on anything else. It doesn't depend on our success, but rather on the effort we're willing to put into everything we do. Even if people disappoint or fail us left and right, even if people turn against us, hurt us, lie about us, don't understand us, even if they think they know everything about us and judge us unfairly, they can't infringe upon our happiness. True happiness means that we have a deep-seated peace and tranquility that transcends all the difficulties of life, that cannot be disturbed by the chaos and warfare that might touch our lives.
-- The Monks of New Skete⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TheMonksofNewSkete #Happiness
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Our happiness doesn't depend on somebody else's action or on anything else. It doesn't depend on our success, but rather on the effort we're willing to put into everything we do. Even if people disappoint or fail us left and right, even if people turn against us, hurt us, lie about us, don't understand us, even if they think they know everything about us and judge us unfairly, they can't infringe upon our happiness. True happiness means that we have a deep-seated peace and tranquility that transcends all the difficulties of life, that cannot be disturbed by the chaos and warfare that might touch our lives.
-- The Monks of New Skete⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TheMonksofNewSkete #Happiness
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry.
-- Jack Kerouac (Desolation Angels)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JackKerouac #Adventure #Discovery #Life #Regret #Travel
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry.
-- Jack Kerouac (Desolation Angels)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JackKerouac #Adventure #Discovery #Life #Regret #Travel
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry.
-- Jack Kerouac (Desolation Angels)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JackKerouac #Adventure #Discovery #Life #Regret #Travel
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry.
-- Jack Kerouac (Desolation Angels)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JackKerouac #Adventure #Discovery #Life #Regret #Travel
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry.
-- Jack Kerouac (Desolation Angels)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JackKerouac #Adventure #Discovery #Life #Regret #Travel
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Science is a fundamentally human endeavor, whose purpose is to help us understand the world, better our lives, feed our innate curiosity. It is meaningless, empty, and toxic if placed above or in opposition to human rights and human lives. Humanity and justice must come first.
-- Katie Mack (@astrokatie)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #KatieMack #Curiosity #Science #Understanding
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Lettin' the cat outta' the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.
-- Will Rogers⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WillRogers #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida