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June 18, 2014

Nature Does Us Good

As I grew up, I was always by the side of my grandpa Elias. Planting vegetables, fruit and the most magnificent flowers I have seen. Other than planting, my grandpa taught me how to care for anything that is alive...

June 10, 2014

Moving Mountains

It was summertime in the Rocky Mountains near Estes Park, Colorado and I was hiking along the Lawn Lake Trail with the intention of reaching the summit of Hagues Peak. Each step forward brought deep breaths of crisp high-altitude air...

June 5, 2014

First Successful Hunt

It was the second morning of youth season when I shot my first deer. That morning my dad and I got up before the sun and got ready. We ate breakfast, put on some warm clothes and headed out. We...

May 14, 2014

I Believe in Nature

I believe that nature impacts and inspires us in our everyday lives. Nature provides me with serenity and the occasional sense of exhilaration. On a daily basis, we shelter ourselves from the outdoors in such an ironic manner; we block...

May 13, 2014

El Sol es Mi Amigo

The sun shines on both the good and evil in the world. It does not pick and choose whom to grace with its light and warmth; It doesn’t see one person to be more deserving than another. That being said,...

April 23, 2014

The Serenity of Nature

I believe that nature links us to the divine, where we as humans have the chance to connect with a higher power as we are so small compared to nature. I was fifteen years old when I was taken on...

April 23, 2014

The Nurturing Power of Sunshine

Of course, it’s blatantly obvious that the sun is powerful and without it none of us would be alive. However, I would argue that if 10 people were asked what role the sun played in their lives, each individual would...

April 21, 2014

A Part of All

During a family visit to an Indian mound museum, George Ella Lyon came upon a sign that asserted we humans are no longer dependent on the natural world for our survival. Though we seem more dependent on technology today, Ms. Lyon believes that we are absolutely still part of the natural world.

April 18, 2014

Simplicity

I believe in not filling your life with unnecessary things. Strip your life down to what you need, what is healthy for you, and not just what you want to acquire or do because you’re bored. Thoreau said that “When...