I have lost my way many times in this world, only to return to these rounded, shimmering hills to see myself recreated more beautiful than I could ever believe.

"If you look with the mind of the swirling earth . . . you become the land, beautiful . . . I have lost my way many times in this world, only to return to these rounded, shimmering hills and see myself recreated more beautiful than I could ever believe."

Joy Harjo,
Muskogee tribe
"Secrets from the Center of the World"

Photo: Vista in the Yellow Mounds section of Badlands National Park, SD; May 18, 2013.  Harjo was writing about the landscapes of the Four Corners region, but I find her words equally true of the Badlands country, which have similar coloring.