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, November 2, 2012

I cannot spare my moonlight and my mountains for the best of man I am likely to get in exchange.


"I feel the necessity of deepening the stream of my life; I must cultivate privacy.  It is very dissipating to be with people too much.  As C. says, it takes the edge off a person's thoughts to have been too much in society.  I cannot spare my moonlight and my mountains for the best of man I am likely to get in exchange."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Gem Lake Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; October 26, 2012

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