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.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Few in these hot, dim, frictiony times are quite sane or free . . .


"Few in these hot, dim, frictiony times are quite sane or free; choked with care like clocks full of dust, laboriously doing so much good and making so much money - or so little - they are no longer good for themselves . . . Take a course of good water and air, and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own.  Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you."

The Contemplative John Muir

Photo: Yucca and sandstone cliffs in last light, Lory State Park, CO; June 23, 2013







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