“I’ve often thought of the forest as a living cathedral, but this might diminish what it truly is. If I have understood Koyukon teachings, the forest is not merely an expression or representation of sacredness, nor a place to invoke… — Richard Nelson Copy Share Image
“As time went by, I realized that the particular place I'd chose was less important than the fact that I'd chosen a place and… — Richard Nelson Copy Share Image
“I’ve often thought of the forest as a living cathedral, but this might diminish what it truly is. If I have understood Koyukon teachings,… — Richard Nelson Copy Share Image
The mountain has left me feeling renewed, more content and positive than I’ve been for weeks, as if something has been given back after… — Richard Nelson Copy Share Image
“What obligation is more binding than to protect the cherished, to defend whoever or whatever cannot defend itself, and to nurture in turn that… — Richard Nelson Copy Share Image
“Or I would be the rain itself, wreathing over the island, mingling in the quiet of moist places, filling its pores with its saturated… — Richard Nelson Copy Share Image
“I breathe in the soft, saturated exhalations of cedar trees and salmonberry bushes, fireweed and wood fern, marsh hawks and meadow voles, marten and… — Richard Nelson Copy Share Image
“There may be more to learn by climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains.” — Richard Nelson Copy Share Image
