by blog-nelson | Jun 8, 2011 | Random thoughts
The lines of the hills beyond the Archie Bray Foundation constantly intrigued me. The hills were a source of constant interest in the way that the shadows of clouds rolled across them, but this photo was just a beautiful sunset behind them. Sunset behind the...
by blog-nelson | Jun 4, 2009 | Conservation, Roadless Project, Writings
October , 2007, 4:36 am The sun won’t rise for another hour or more, and it is pitch black beneath the trees. My headlamp illuminates only a small circle of steeply rising trail. The world is reduced, constricted by my limited senses. I hear mostly the crunch of my...
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...
