In the back of each month's issue there is a feature called "Cornerstones" - generally a selection of interesting quotations. The April feature is entitled "Peace" and there was this great John Muir quote.
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into tress. The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn."
It reminds me that I haven't mentioned a recent addition to my blogroll - the one called "California Transect." It's being kept by a researcher who is following one of John Muir's routes, from San Francisco to Yosemite. It reminds me a bit of a through hiker journal, except this route does not stick to protected wilderness - because of how the land has changed since Muir's trek, the writer has to cross highways and walk through neighborhoods and strip malls. His perceptions and understandings about the changes to our environment will be enlightening as the journey progresses.
1 comment:
Thanks for the "California Transect" link. His Mission Peak post hooked me - especially the "tough guy piss" by a cow.
Don
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