Sublime

Sympathy with the fluttering alder and poplar leaves almost takes away my breath; yet, like the lake, my serenity is rippled but not ruffled.

Up there on the heights, far above the gloom of the valley floor, the otherwise barren slopes were dotted with graceful Chilgoza pines still washed with sunlight, their silver bark and viridescent needles glowing in the fleeting rays.

In him the animal man chiefly was developed. In physical endurance and contentment he was cousin to the pine and the rock. I asked him once if he was

This, the most widely distributed tree in North America with close kin on three continents, all at once feels unbearably rare. She

Making good relationships with the human and more-than-human world is the primary currency of well-being.

There is such poignance in the description of their journey in the wilderness as animal shapes imbued with human presence.

When we rely deeply on other lives, there is urgency to protect them.

he’s as generous and eager as weeds.

The dignity, beauty and wisdom of the animal world was not diminished by any false hierarchy or human arrogance.