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This interlude is a work in progress… (just like the flowers)

“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through.  Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it.  This is a kind of death.” — Anais Nin I…

“When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.”…

“To encounter the sacred is to be alive to the deepest center of human existence.  Sacred places are the truest definitions of the earth.  They stand for the earth immediately and forever; they are its flags and its shields.  If…

“I tremble for my species when I reflect that God is just.” — Thomas Jefferson I got up at dawn (like I always do), and to avoid traffic I drove all the way up to the trailhead, stopping just once…

“We become better versions of ourselves in the mountains.” – Robert MacFarlane When the intrepid Canadian Geese begin to appear in the sky above my home, navigating their genetically programmed routes south for the winter, I begin to think of…

“Only one who has learned much can truly appreciate his ignorance.” — Louis L’Amour 5. Old Regulator Murphy hated walking, and avoided it whenever possible.  He had been walking a lot since his mule, Bessie, had broken a leg up…

“Healing comes from gathering wisdom from past actions and letting go of the pain that the education cost you.” — Caroline Myss The dawn entered demurely like a new bride, covered with a veil of high, overcast clouds.  Peeking out…

“What do you see when you look out over the landscape?  Do you simply see the sun rising or do you see the flaming forth of the deep mystery of the universe?” — William Blake I spent another night tossing…

“Man is the most insane species.  He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature.  Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping.” — Hubert Reeves I slept well, in between getting up and peeing three…

“Climb into the mountains and get their good tidings.  Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.  The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares drop off like autumn…

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin I chose to time my trip with a solar eclipse that was going to occur across the continental U.S.…

To go, or not to go, that is the question.Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to endure the pains and errors of a broken down body,Or to rouse the will against all obstacles, and by moving forward end them.To try,…

“An ancient melody calls us To the awareness of who we are Infinite heart Infinite love Infinite peace Fierce compassion Ultimate power I am a Magnificent Woman” — Melanie Lutz 4. Girls’ Night Out It had been a beautiful early…

“It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and live for a time in the wilderness.  If he is of the proper sort,…

“The motionless mountain silence prompts with a certain secret pleasure in the soul the happiness of complete isolation.  Something which seems outside life.  Something therefore like the longing for eternal peace.” — Kostas Pasaglanis I don’t remember getting back in my…