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Perhaps the most radical act we can commit is to stay home.

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Terry Tempest Williams
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: September 8
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I live in a very, very quiet place. I have a sequence to my creative life. In spring and fall, I am above ground and commit to community. In the summer, I'm outside. It is a time for family. And in the winter, I am underground. Home. This is when I do my work as a writer - in hibernation. I write with the bears.
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