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, October 23, 2014

Too much business leads to hurry.


"I have observed that too much labour not only makes the understanding dull, but intrudes upon the harmony of the body . . . As laying out business more than is consistent with pure wisdom is an evil, so this evil frequently leads into more. Too much business leads to hurry. In the hurry and toil, too much strong drink is often used, and hereby many often suffer loss as to a true composedness of mind."

John Woolman,
18th century Quaker




Photos: (Top) Cottonwood trees and Greyrock, just across the street from my house, Larimer County, CO, October 22, 2014 (Middle) Thimbleberry leaf, with Horsetooth Rock in the background, Horsetooth Mountain Park, CO, October 22, 2014; (Bottom)  Wild Plum bushes and Arthur's Rock, Lory State Park, CO, October 16, 2014

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