"Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to the soul" -John Muir
Swamps and Wetlands “My temple is the swamp… When I would recreate myself, I seek the darkest wood, the thickest and most impenetrable and to the citizen, most dismal, swamp. I enter a swamp as a sacred place, a sanctum sanctorum… I seemed to have reached a new world, so wild a place…far away from … Continue reading Swamps and Wetlands
The Last Flicker of Fall Fall has come and past in the Northwoods. Most of the wild places in the north are now silent, covered in layers of snow and ice. Fall is a time of exquisite beauty as the colored leaves transform even the most mundane of landscapes into something extraordinary. Undoubtedly, it is … Continue reading The Last Flicker of Fall
Spirit of the Wilderness “There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm.” -Theodore Roosevelt Continue reading Spirit of the Wilderness
Woodland Flame “Woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.” –Hal Borland Continue reading Woodland Flame
The First Snow I was staring out my window today longing for snow. The temperatures are cold enough but instead of white, it is simply gray and brown. Indeed, our first real snow has yet to come to this year but I hope it will not be long. As I pondered this, I thought back … Continue reading The First Snow
