Immersive encounters in nature
“Life in the wilderness can be a continual contemplation and communion with God and Spirit of those values echoing within us all, values born of timelessness, mystery, the great silences, and an ancient way of life.” -Sigurd Olson, Reflections From the North Country Throughout my adult life—especially my pre-spouse-and-kids adult life—the wilderness has been…
Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and the bushes beside youAre not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,Must ask permission to know it and be known.The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,I have made this place around you.If you leave it, you may come back again, saying…
Reconnecting our Children and Ourselves to the Land We need to return to learning about the land by being on the land, or better, by being in the thick of it. That is the best way we can stay in touch with the fates of its creatures, its indigenous cultures, its earthbound wisdom. That is…
I consider myself a lifelong hiker, with many miles logged on overnight trips into wild areas in the upper Midwest and Southwest, not to mention all of my local walks at well-travelled forest preserves close to home. While I normally hike on established trails, I occasionally wander off the path, usually for short spells to…
“A society grows great when old men plant trees under whose shade they will never sit.” Variation on an old Indian proverb. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about stewardship and the role it can play in curing some of the discontent currently plaguing our society, not to mention the ills faced by our planet….
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