What is the noblest delight? What brings greater pride to man? Discovery! To know that you have been where no others have been before. To behold what no other human eye has taken in before. Breathing in an atmosphere that is totally fresh. To come to an idea no one has stumbled upon […]
Lu’s plumage, her long tail, wildflowers, and Mount Hood in the background. Mount Hood morning. Mount Jefferson and the Cascade crest accented with a slight fog. Ponderosa pines along a ridge in Central Washington. Marcos and Kirsten with the absolutely enormous Mount Rainier some 60 miles into the background. Mount Baker with glaciers unfolding […]
If you have time to chatter Read books If you have time to read Walk into mountain, desert and ocean If you have time to walk sing songs and dance If you have time to dance Sit quietly, you Happy Lucky Idiot Nanao Sakaki, Kyoto 1966
“In the shade I should have known the tree which gave it, without looking up,—not because the sharp little spicular leaves of the fir, miniatures of that sword Rome used to open the world, its oyster, would drop and plunge themselves into my eyes, or would insert their blades down my back and scarify,—but because […]
It was when I was down all fours trying to climb over a log that blocked the trail, snow in my hair and mud in my fingers, when I realized that the log wasn’t blocking the path […]