Hugh Hollowell

I mentioned yesterday in my very maudlin post that I was tired of people buying things instead of doing things. I had several people email me or stop me in the coffee shop and ask me just what, exactly, I meant by that.
To support the troops, we buy yellow magnetic ribbons for our car and [...]

I am tired of having conversations about poverty over $10 sandwiches.
I am tired of hearing people equate doing something with buying something.
I am tired of telling people “No, I cannot help you buy clothes for your new job”.
I am tired of #3 being because there is simply not enough money.
I am tired of watching my [...]

The last few days have been hard. Without going into too much detail, I found out Monday morning, via email, that someone who was once very important to me had died over the weekend.
I did not even know she had been sick.
Life can be a cruel bastard, sneaking up on you like that. The doubts, [...]

Just a note to let everyone know I am fine and, apart from the crazy amounts of pollen and my sinus’s reaction to it, things are good.
I expect the next few weeks to be crazy as I prepare to move into a new apartment and begin to work on building a sustainable infrastructure behind my [...]

As someone who has some personal knowledge of the subject, this is the truest damn thing I have read this year.

I tend to be very NOT political. Politicians do what they do, and being mad about that is sorta like being mad the grass is green.
When I was a small lad, (I think it was the 1980 presidential election) I remember asking my mom who she had just cast her vote for, and she told [...]

I am afraid I did.
I screwed up and managed to sabotage my site, causing everything to go to hell in a handcart. Luckily, I had backups of most of the data, so I only lost the last two weeks worth of stuff.
It is frustrating, no doubt, but in a way it is refreshing, as I [...]

I love Christmas. Real Christmas; you know, the religious celebration, birth of the Saviour of the World.
It is a time when we remember a pregnant unwed teenager and her boyfriend, who had no money and no station in life, and so had to give birth in a stable and the only crib for her baby [...]

Over at my other blog, I have started a small periodic newsletter to keep folks informed of what we are doing here in Raleigh and what they can do to help, whether they are here or from where they are.
If this is your sort of thing, I hope you will consider signing up. Of course, [...]

How much is enough? At what point are you no longer buying your house for you, but for the high opinions of your friends and neighbors? When do you stop owning things, and things begin to own you?
With the exception of the Gospels, no book has had a larger impact in my life than Walden [...]