Swimming in July
Turn to the rocks and hear seas echoed from as far away as the Ukraine. Smell kelp and taste salt; feel that underwater animals have brushed near you. Remember parts of your body are scattered in water all over the earth. Know land is made from you.
Lidia Yuknavitch • The Chronology of Water
The river canyons of the American West cradle enormity with an ease that’s nothing less than astounding. They contain deep, cold miracles—trout and steelhead. Birds parade, high and low. The winds are rubbed with sage. The water is a conversation. It is everything all at once. The writer David James Duncan describes the essence of wonder as “unknow
... See moreSteve Duda • River Songs: Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing
Rereading passages of books and single poems that have touched them. Spending even a few minutes near a river, a stream, a creek. Lying on the ground in dappled light. Being with a loved one without kids around. Sitting on the porch shelling something, knitting something, peeling something. Walking or driving for an hour, any direction, then return
... See moreDr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
