This essay was updated and republished as ‘I have located heaven.’ Please enjoy it here: https://thesouloftheearth.com/waterton-lakes-national-park/ (More images are in the Waterton wildflowers gallery, which is here.)
Latitude 49º 6′ 33.63″, Longitude -113º 50′ 58.92″ Read More »
There are moments that tilt life, even if we don’t know it at the time. Not the big moments, when our paths take sudden and dramatic turns, like locking eyes with the stranger who will become a great love, or taking your child in your arms for the first time. The quiet ones. Moments that
In my favorite creation story the world is sung into existence. I first came across this wonderful idea as a child, in one of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books, ‘The Magician’s Nephew’, where he has his divine embodiment, Aslan the lion, slowly move across a pitch-black and featureless void, singing first the stars into the darkness, then
If places were men, Portland, Oregon would be the guy I met at a farmers market. We both like to hike, and read, and travel. He talks about his feelings. He recycles. It’s all very satisfying, but a bit damp. Moab, Utah would be running away with the cowboy who comes to town occasionally, never
A new version of this essay is here: https://thesouloftheearth.com/utah-land-stone-tablets/
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Moses would have had a confusing time in southern Utah. Not only is every bush burning, but every rock and cliff face is on fire. The divine voice is everywhere in this extraordinary place. Moses’ question, “Who are you?” would have had a thousand answers echoing off the canyon walls. When I first drove into
This post about cactus flowers has been expanded and updated and can now be found HERE.
There is a new version of this post: https://thesouloftheearth.com/desert-wildlife-mysteries-at-my-feet/
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I love to tell people I’m going to the Anza Borrego desert. They never know where it is. Even Californians, and it’s most of southern Cali, over the mountains east of San Diego. I’m not even sure how I found out about it. So, what with the lilting name and its complete invisibility, there’s a
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