by blog-nelson | Apr 24, 2009 | Conservation, Roadless Project, Writings
July 6, 2006, Pioneer Mountains, Idaho It isn’t yet dawn. The birds are starting to make their declarations, and the wind is gently flapping the sides of my tent. My breaths cloud the air in front of me, and I can see nothing outside the screen yet. The last two days...
by blog-nelson | Feb 9, 2009 | Conservation, Roadless Project, Writings
This is an excerpt from the book I am writing about my journey searching for and photographing National Forest Roadless Areas. This photograph and bit of my journal is from when I was in the Mallard Larkins Pioneer area of northern Idaho. You can see more...
by blog-nelson | Feb 9, 2009 | Conservation, Spirituality, Writings
cities, noise, silence… This weekend I spent the day visiting a new friend who lives outside of Austin on the Pedernales River. She has a beautiful place, and it reminded me how much I miss when I am living in the city. In...
by blog-nelson | Feb 6, 2009 | Spirituality, Thoughts on happiness, Writings
happiness, comfort, pleasure, contentment… The other night I saw a video that made me think of these things, and it reminded me of a piece of journaling I did in Ecuador several years back. I was there teaching a conservation biology class in the paramo,...
by blog-nelson | Feb 6, 2009 | Art Science and Creativity, Roadless Project, Thoughts on happiness, Writings
happiness… Nearby a spring is talking quietly, spilling its secrets out to any plants and animals that will come by to listen. Is it the spring that is making me happy, or the sustenance it provides or just the presence of those enjoying its waters? ...
