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Wild Places
The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it, the more beautiful does it appear. ~Richard Dawkins Memories of Yellowstone are still lingering in my head…the scenery, the snow, the quiet, and the incredible wildlife. So, I did what I needed to do for my spirit last… Read more
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Endings
For this final post on our recent winter trip to Yellowstone, I share a poem that Melissa wrote on a previous trip and read to our group while snowshoeing one day. It seems like an appropriate ending for this incredible journey. Yellowstone (a poem by Melissa Dowland) I want so much To connect ever… Read more
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Hayden Valley Highlight
At this season Nature makes the most of every throb of life that can withstand her severity. How heartily she endorses this fox! ~John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers”, 1866 Hayden Valley is one of my favorite spots in winter, with its gently rolling hills covered in deep, smooth snow, interrupted only by an isolated tree here… Read more
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Into the Interior – Day 1
Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration. ~Anamika Mishra A trip into the interior of Yellowstone in winter is truly magical. Most of the extensive road system is closed in winter to all but over-snow travel via snowmobiles or snow coaches. We had chartered a snow coach for our group so we could travel… Read more
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Sharing The Place We Love
Through the weeks of deep snow we walked above the ground on fallen sky… ~Wendell Berry After a few days of hanging out with our friends in Gardiner and exploring the park on our own, we drove to Bozeman to pick up a group of friends from NC that would be joining us on our… Read more
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The Place We Love
Sometimes you look at an empty valley like this, and suddenly the air is filled with snow. That is the way the whole world happened – there was nothing, and then… ~William Stafford We have returned from our special place – Yellowstone. Not all of us is back. We seem to always leave a little… Read more
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Winter Bliss
When you leave a beautiful place, you carry it with you wherever you go. ~Alexandra Stoddard I certainly carry certain places with me. And moments in those places have a way of adhering to my memory, reappearing when my mind wanders to sights and sounds of their wildness, their beauty, their mystery. And I now… Read more
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Another Count, Another Great Day at Pungo
Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we say, “Our work is finished…” ~Rachel Carson Saturday was our chance to participate in the 119th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. We did it, as we have for many years, at the Pettigrew Christmas Count centered on Lake Phelps in… Read more
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They’re Baaaaack
The homing instinct in birds and animals is one of their most remarkable traits: their strong local attachments and their skill in finding their way back…It seems at times as if they possessed some extra sense—the home sense—which operates unerringly. ~John Burroughs, 1905 Last weekend we managed to escape for a couple of days and… Read more
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Pausing
Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day. ~ Kent Nerburn As usual, it has been another busy week – catching up on rescheduled programs (due to our incredibly rainy fall),… Read more
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