Beginning of Winter Once again, I apologize for not posting in several weeks. I have been up in Northern Minnesota flying aerial beaver population surveys for the wildlife research that I do. As a result, I was staying in a cabin where I had poor access to the internet. However, on a positive note I … Continue reading Beginning of Winter
Visions of Wild Lands “He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” -J.R.R. Tolkien Continue reading Visions of Wild Lands
How Rare It Is… “Here again was the silence, and I thought how rare it is to know it, how increasingly difficult to ever achieve real quiet and the peace that comes with it, how true the statement ‘Tranquility is beyond price’.” -Sigurd Olson, The Singing Wilderness Continue reading How Rare It Is…
Renewing the Weary Spirit “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” – Robert Louis Stevenson Continue reading Renewing the Weary Spirit
Passing Days and Passing Time “Reflections on the water, like shadows in my mind, speak to me of passing days and nights and passing time. The falling leaves are whispering, winter’s on its way. I close my eyes remembering the warmth of yesterday. It seems a shame to see September swallowed by the wind. And … Continue reading Passing Days and Passing Time
When Timber Makes One Still 