This book springs from two great lifelong passions — love of nature and love of words.
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Before We Named Nature, We Told Its Story
Stories weren’t born in classrooms or libraries. They rose beside rivers, around fires, and under constellations bright enough to command silence.
My Friends, The Trees
Some of my earliest memories are tied not to people or events, but to individual trees that stood like quiet sentinels throughout my childhood.
Nature: The Original Classroom
All my life, nature has been my greatest teacher — wiser than any professor, gentler than any healer, and more patient than any mentor I’ve ever known.
Why Save Our Public Lands?
America’s public lands deserve protection — not destruction. Yet destruction is their likely fate under the radical policies of the Trump administration.
Love Letter to Colorado
A while back, I sat down to put those feelings into words. What emerged was this simple poem — a love letter, really — to the state that has given me so much.
The Sacredness of Nature
My spiritual strength comes from the sacredness of nature, from its powers to heal and renew, uplift and transform.
The Timeless Wisdom of Nature
There is a particular kind of quiet you can only find in the wilderness. It isn’t silence exactly — it’s the rustle of leaves in the wind, the call of a bird in the distance, the bubbling of a stream over smooth stones.
A Good Talk with the Land
Once, when I was small, my dad led me down to the tumbling stream that flowed through our Colorado ranch. We sat on the roots of an old ponderosa pine, listening to the rushing water for several minutes before he spoke.
Alaska — Land of Immensity
Alaska — land of immensity. Both in its realities and its possibilities, Alaska can stir our hearts and minds like no other place on the planet.