Welcome! I am a contemplative thinker and photographer from Colorado. In this blog, you'll discover photographs that I've taken on my hiking and backpacking trips, mostly in the American West. I've paired these with my favorite inspirational and philosophical quotes - literary passages that emphasize the innate spirituality of the natural world. I hope you enjoy them!

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In the Spirit of Wildness,

Stephen Hatch
Fort Collins, Colorado

P.S. There's a label index at the bottom of the blog.

Friday, October 5, 2012


"[I] must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment.  Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life.  This life in the present . . . I keep out of doors for the sake of the mineral, vegetable, and animal in me."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Long's Peak and an aspen tree on Bierstadt Moraine; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; September 30, 2012

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