We tell our kids to watch out for bad players. To respect all and make friends with those who do the same. We tell them to watch their manners, be empathetic, and be someone others can look up to. But when it comes to politics, a lot of us make allowances for what our leaders…
Author: Matt Larson
With my first book, 4000s by 40, released this fall, I am fulfilling a lifelong dream of writing, and am excited to continue the journey of storytelling with future projects—so much so that the day after I published 4000s by 40, I began my next work.
Much of my inspiration comes from nature. My early love for the ocean, found on the South Shore of Massachusetts, has transitioned into a deep passion for the mountains here in New Hampshire, and I wanted to share that with my first book.
If you’d like to connect or have any inquiries, you can reach out to me at [email protected]. I’m also on Instagram and Facebook at wanderingmatt8. Happy reading!
The Fulcrum
For some, you’ll never be angry enough.
Never clean enough.
Never correct enough.
Never have enough
righteous indignation
or proper agency to protect.
For some, you’ll forgive too much.
Or too little.
Or say too much
without saying anything at all.
For some,
you will be too quiet.
Such is the rhythm of the earth.
A pendulum swinging
not just back and forth,
but around,
circling a fulcrum
it never gets to touch.
Not in person anyway.
A Quick Trip to Middle-earth
Today I couldn’t get out for something big, so I had to settle for a quick snowshoe around Middle-earth. Right after elevensies, I headed out to Frodo’s Ring Trail, climbed to the top of Mount Erebor—that’s right, the Lonely Mountain—visited Gandalf, Strider, Legolas, and Gimli, and was back home in an hour. Not too bad…
The Middle Age Myth
Since writing 4000s by 40, one of the comments I get a lot—which I never anticipated—is that forty is not middle age. During the AMC Awards night, where I had a table selling my book, a number of fifty-, sixty-, and even seventy-year-olds pointed at my display, nudged a friend, and laughed. “Look—forty is middle…