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California Coast: Moonlight, Redwoods & a Long & Winding Road
(Written on October 30th, early morning) When your day starts with a 4 a.m. beach walk under…
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Reciprocity: Giving Back to What Gives to Us
Forget the word sustainability. Embrace instead, “reciprocity.” The waters and salmon feed us. The deer feed us….
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Halcyon Hot Springs: Kingfisher brings Happiness
“O magic sleep! O comfortable bird . That broodest o’er the troubled sea of the mind Till it…
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Fireweed: Of Seeds and Circles of Life
I’m hiking up Welcome Creek Wilderness through the old burn. Fireweed lines the trail by the sinuous…
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Heeding the Call of the Kingfisher
I’m attuned to the call of kingfishers. Listen! There it is now. Yes, the call sounds somewhat…
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Sunlight in a Forest: Illuminations on St Mary’s Peak
Hiking down from St Mary’s Peak that towers high on the eastern flank of the immense Selway-Bitterroot…
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Singing in the Stones: Chaco Revisited
The tour guide for Pueblo Bonito gathers us in a half circle to share a story she…
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Reading Hafiz: Off Kilter on the Uncompahgre National Forest
I feel like I’m on a ship listing permanently to one side. Waking up this morning in…
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Bird-Friendly Gardener of Baltimore: Teressa Carter
All Teresa wanted was a Japanese Maple for her tiny back patio in downtown Baltimore. She signed…
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Marathon Milestone: Yes I’m my Father’s Daughter
Last Saturday, I stepped up for the first time to the starting line of a full marathon…
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