The quotations, poems, anecdotes, and other selected writings in the Nuggets collection have been compiled from many sources, over many years. Each one has, for me, as I hope they will for you, in some way served to illuminate the experience of being alive, and of being human. As you review the Nugget selections on this web site, I suggest that you regard each one as a gem to be picked up, rubbed and inspected for its unique quality. In revisiting them from time to time, I think you will find, as I have, that like gold nuggets, their luster will increase with repeated handling.
— Alan Watts, Editor
Something about working with these pages quietly reminds me that a part of our culture is about recycling ideas.
— Will Ashford
Cover photo: John Perrett, a.k.a. “Potato Creek Johnny”,
credited with discovering the largest gold nugget (7.75 oz.) found in the Black Hills, 1929.
Public domain. (Adams Research and Cultural Center — Deadwood, South Dakota).