A few days ago the first snows of winter arrived on the mountains. There was a hard edged clarity of light in the forest that I only know from winterContinue reading “Today Was a Gift”
Category Archives: Writing
Deer Eyes
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.”“The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.” JohnContinue reading “Deer Eyes”
The Oaks of Sunart
As soon as the man on the phone stopped shouting at me and hung up, I made up my mind about going away. A few minutes later I had aContinue reading “The Oaks of Sunart”
Land the Person
It occurred to me the other day, while I was walking up a hill through long grass beneath shady birch trees, that the most important and enduring relationship we haveContinue reading “Land the Person”
Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time
On a cloudy October morning in 2008, I quietly opened the door of Ling Hut, where we had arrived in darkness the night before, stepped out into the damp airContinue reading “Glen Torridon and the Awe of Time”
Looking Closely at Things
One of the great joys that photography can bring you is the ability to notice things that other people can’t see. I mean this fairly literally – until you learnContinue reading “Looking Closely at Things”