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.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

A great part of our troubles originate in the houses and from living indoors.


"A great part of our troubles are literally domestic or originate in the houses and from living indoors.  I could write an essay to be entitled 'Out of Doors,' - [and] undertake a crusade against houses.  What a different thing Christianity preached to the house-bred and to a party who lived out of doors!"

Henry David Thoreau

Photo: Ponderosa Pine and Lumpy Ridge in last light; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; February 23, 2013






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