Messengers from the Past
Priyanka Kumar’s “Messengers from the Past” is excerpted from Conversations with Birds. I. THE CROWN JEWEL OF OUR National Wildlife Refuge System, the Bosque del Apache, has been my annual pilgrimage Continue reading
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The Norwegian Concept of Friluftsliv Is for Everyone
The following is an excerpt from The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson McGurk. Friluftsliv is intimately connected with the Nordic culture, landscape, history, and mindset, but our craving for nature is Continue reading
Darwin’s Loves
The following has been adapted from Darwin’s Love of Life: A Singular Case of Biophilia by Kay Harel. The Glories and Limits of Facts In one of those true stories that Continue reading
Begin, O Small Boy, to be Born
This piece is excerpted from The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water by Chris Dombrowski. The manifold radiance of an expectant mother: hips widened to the hilt, abrupt, Continue reading
In Pursuit of the Sacred
For the past forty years, I have traveled the world as a photographer in search of sacred sites and landscapes. In that pursuit, I have always asked myself what sacredness really Continue reading