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, June 12, 2014

Offer the vastness of the Great Outdoors to others - in the form of openness, patience, awareness, compassion.


"That immense space - the Great Outdoors - that you enter when you go hiking? Bring it back inside you. Offer it to others, in the form of openness, patience, awareness, compassion."

Kathy Copeland,
"Heading Outdoors Eventually Leads Within"


Photo: Wild Iris, with the peaks of the Mummy Range in the background; Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; June 11, 2014

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