There is nothing like being left alone again to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill one's pipe and to think idly and slowly as one does it.
I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face.
The secret of staying young is to live honestly eat slowly and lie about your age.
It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination so that we can understand the sufferings of others.