The French word for wanderlust or wandering is 'errance.' The etymology is the same as 'error.' So to wander is to make mistakes. In other words, to make mistakes, to make errors is sort of the idea of learning through trial and error, allowing the mistakes to be part of the process.

My own memories are packed tightly away. I very rarely bring them out for viewing.

The agricultural revolution transformed the earth and changed the fate of humanity. It produced an entirely new mode of subsistence, which remains the foundation of the global economy to this day.

My thoughts can sometimes be spurred by what I read, but my reading is extremely eclectic.

As we've lost this idea of pilgrimage, we've lost this idea of human beings walking for a very, very long time. It does change you.