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Ruminature #4: Reflections

Posted on July 19, 2011 by stacy

  Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.—John Muir Last summer when I was in the Adirondacks, I cried the first time … Continue reading →

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Weekly Ruminature #3: Peaks

Posted on July 13, 2011 by stacy

  Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes—every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. —Orison Swett Marden My soul always expands when I’m deep … Continue reading →

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Weekly Ruminature

Posted on June 24, 2011 by stacy

“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” —John Muir [This is my new weekly feature—and read the puns in the … Continue reading →

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