To See in the Looking
'Walking in the wilderness allows me to look at beauty created beyond the capacity of any human endeavor.…
A Great Storm in Utah
From his collections of essay published in 1819, JOHN MUIR recounts 'A Storm in Utah,' and proves himself…
TO AUTUMN
Celebrating the beauty and complexity of Autumn with a little help from our friend JOHN KEATS...
My Own Field Trip
A field trip with her students to Hawaii's Hoa 'Aina O Makaha reminds TOUTKA WONGSE-ONT of some eternal…
‘Grass Is the Forgiveness of Nature—Her Constant Benediction’
In 1872 Kansas Sen. JOHN JAMES INGALLS, one of the U.S. Senate's most eloquent voices, praised the vitality…
‘We’ll Promise Not To Hurt Her Anymore’
Staring 2015 on a topical note, North Carolina singer-songwriter LAURELYN DOSSETT has posted a video of her new…
Communicating With, and In, Nature
Through nature my mother found the strength to express herself, and the lei, this “art of communication,” gave…
Walking, Fully Walking, in Life
I not only saw, heard and touched “nature,” I even tasted it. It “tastes” beautiful. And I…
Surf in Verse — June 2014
Riding the waves has inspired some surfers to break out in verse to explain their connection to the…
The Music of Nature
From his outstanding 1878 book MUSIC AND SOME HIGHLY MUSICAL PEOPLE, the distinguished African-American author JAMES M. TROTTER…