Quote for 10/15/2023
Life rule number one, never, ever, turn down an adventure.
Erin Miller
Quote for 10/14/2023
I was struck, and not for the first time, by how much easier it is to ruin an ecosystem than to run one.
Quote for 10/13/2023
A national trail is a gateway into nature’s secret beauties, a portal to the past, a way into solitude and community. It is also an inroad to our national character. Our trails are both irresistible and indispensable.
Quote for 10/12/2023
It’s long been known that if we put machines in charge of simple tasks, humans will, without continuous training, forget how to do them
Matt Burgess
Quote for 10/11/2023
The need to relate to the landscape and to other forms of life … is in our genes. Sever that connection and we are floating in a world where our deepest sense of ourselves is lost.
Isabella Tree
Quote for 10/10/2023
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
Andy Rooney
Quote for 10/9/23
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
Quote for 10/8/2023
the long-term threat to life on Earth is the exponentially increasing output of heat from the Sun. This is simply the logic of any planet illuminated by a main sequence star. The consequences of solar overheating are already upon us and, but for the regulatory capacity of Gaia, our planet would be moving unstoppably to a state like that of Venus.
Quote for 10/7/2023
We serve the needs of the land community. We receive from that community such services as food and materials for cloths, shelter, and fuel. We are not stewards of the place managing a piece of property for sustained yield or highest profit in a short time frame. We are attentive to the needs of the whole community. We are students of our place.
Quote for 10/6/2023
In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
Edward Hoagland
Mesa Arch at Canyonlands National Park
In terms of sunrise, Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park has become an iconic feature, in fact, it's said that Mesa Arch has become the number one most photographed feature in the park.
Quote for 10/5/2023
Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old books and pictures and historic monuments, there will always be the animal refugee living a precarious life on the edge of extermination, dependent for existence on the charity of a few human beings.
