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

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The Geography of Hope


"Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed.  The reminder and the reassurance that it is still there is good for our spiritual health even if we never once in ten years set foot in it.  It is important to us simply because it is there - important, that is, simply as idea.  It can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope."

Wallace Stegner

Photo: Rose Hips and a rocky outcrop; Granite Ridge Trail, Red Feather Lakes, CO; November 8, 2013

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