Category Archives: environment

SANTA FE/TAOS WOMEN’S WILDERNESS BACKPACKING TRIP

There comes a point on a long hike when both beginning and end seem far away in both time and distance, when walking in the wilderness becomes what you do. ~ Chris Townsend SANTA FE/TAOS WOMEN’S WILDERNESS BACKPACKING TRIP SEPTEMBER … Continue reading

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A Gift of Sky

On a  Friday night in November, I walked late under the horizon-to-horizon night sky above the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. I had truly forgotten the astonishing gift of the Milky Way, misplaced it in my today life. Stars … Continue reading

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A Poem from Linda Hogan

The Way In Sometimes the way to milk and honey is through the body. Sometimes the way in is a song. But there are three ways in the world: dangerous, wounding, and beauty. To enter stone, be water. To rise … Continue reading

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Thompson Peak Trail 10/1/11

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Another Trail Writer’s Guide Review

Here’s an excerpt from an October 2010 review from Gregory J. Saunders, author ZAHIR, at http://www.readingnewmexico.com/For-Writers.html: “Nature. Have you wandered a forest, trekked a desert or boated a lake, driven through scenery that left you breathless? Would you love to … Continue reading

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Light Hawk above the Mesa

The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance (NMWA) and my good friend, environmental activist Carol Johnson, invited me on a Lighthawk flight to witness and support El Rio Grande del Norte National Preservation Area. Our pilot, Merry Schroeder, flew us so lightly above the bonds of Earth that I truly felt like I was a hawk on the wing. Continue reading

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For Story/Nature/Spirit Writers

This is a photograph of one of the living root bridges of CHERAPUNJEE, INDIA. This is my visual metaphor to convey the luring journey of of the ecological writer: to cross the living bridge to the wild. There we attend … Continue reading

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Story/Nature/Spirit Writing

Story/Nature/Spirit Writing Tuesday, February 1, 2011, from 7 – 9 pm. Next Tuesday, Randi Chaikind and I will host the first evening Story/Nature/Spirit writing group. This is a special opportunity for you who are already living along the paths of … Continue reading

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Box Canyon #4 Ellie Lowenburg

Percussion of my feet on the trail turn bend a stream gurgles adds harmony ——— Cricket hops from the path nothing left but tread prints ————- How not to anthropomorphize faces and statuesque bodies in the cliffs. So confident self … Continue reading

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Link to a radio interview with Cinny

http://www.tellurideinside.com/2010/07/cinny-green-of-trail-writers-guide-talks-at-telluride-library-68.html

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