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"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright." –Henry David Thoreau Read more >>
My friend threw an elbow into my ribs. “Shut up,” he said through clenched teeth. The usual chatter of the crag had ceased and half a dozen people froze to stare upward, jaws hanging limp and eyes unblinking. Read more >>
The law locks up the man or womanWho steals the goose from off the common,But lets the greater felon looseWho steals the common from the goose.—Anonymous Read more >>
Cocky nine-point elk sitting yards from the trail, parades of bison clogging the roads, playful coyotes mousing on the crusted snow: the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone Park was teeming with wildlife—and we got pictures of all of it. Read more >>
When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
–Jack Kornfield Read more >>
“Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.” —Sogyal Rinpoche, Buddhist teacher Read more >>
A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You, the people, must give it this soul. -Pope John Paul II Read more >>
"Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do." –Norman Vincent Peale Read more >>
Descending from a brisk, after-work M hike, I clambered up a rock outcropping to take in the view. Read more >>
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. —Joseph Campbell Read more >>
Gazing out from the top of the M, an old man and I chatted about the town sprawled out before us. Bustling Boz Angeles annoyed him. I instinctively defended my home, eventually pointing out the surprising amount of diversity we have relative to our population. Read more >>
“There is nothing more practical in the end than the preservation of beauty.” —Teddy Roosevelt Read more >>
"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball." –Doug Larson Read more >>
"We are not building this country of ours for a day. It is to last through the ages." -Teddy Roosevelt Read more >>
I don’t remember when we first met, but it was sometime in the early ‘90s, after Hans graduated from Yale and returned to Bozeman. We first crossed paths at a friend’s house and eventually wound up working the night shift together at Dana Design. Read more >>
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