I MIGHT OCCASSIONALLY blog about more than nature this year. I’m starting to feel that it’s the right thing to do… even though doing it, being more open about other subjects – especially politics – could well be a poor ‘career’ move, could lose me readers and book sales, and could even damage a few […]
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THERE WAS A time early in my adult life when I felt cut off from who I knew myself to be. Fate… circumstance… cultural expectations… supposed financial realities… the strident conformist opinions of key ‘guides’ in my life… all of these factors (and more) contrived to keep me living a life that felt to me
2024 FINISHED WITH two camps, one in the foothills, one up in the high country. They weren’t many miles apart in distance, but in character they belonged to different worlds entirely. I’ll be honest, both camps almost didn’t happen. Before deciding to go on each, before packing, I found myself struggling with motivation, which is
A FEW WEEKS ago I added a blog post that described one of the main reasons why my Colorado home has come to mean so much to me: The Living Land – Colorado Wildlife Photos #1. (The reason, to put it simply, is because my home is a living land, abundantly rich with life, and
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THIS IS A bit of a departure from the normal content of my blog, but I have a favour to ask, both for myself and also for every single author whose books you might have read and enjoyed… I ask because, as you’ll see if you read this entire post, earning a ‘living wage’ is
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I LOVE WHERE I live. I mean, really love it. I love it to the point where it feels more like an extension of who I am than simply a place I happen to be. Even though I grew up some 5,000 miles away in a thoroughly different environment, the environment that I now call
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AFTER A WILD WEEK of snow and grayness, my little corner of Colorado has returned to horizon-to-horizon blue skies, to bright sunshine, to skin-soothing warmth, and to a rapid thaw. Deep snow is softening, sinking away. Water is gushing. Even though a certain dark cloud lingers on the horizon, today’s glorious brightness is keeping me
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THIS BLOG POST is a little out of character, perhaps, but given recent events in the divided nation that I’ve chosen to call home, I wanted to share a short extract from the epilogue of my second book, On Sacred Ground. A few lessons learned. They feel, well, especially relevant right now. (Please note: if
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NATURE DOESN’T LIE. It doesn’t cheat. It doesn’t demonize. It doesn’t hate. It offers only honest truth. It is there, always. Reliably itself. Going back to nature isn’t an escape – it’s a return home, a return to the way all things ought to be, a return to truth and beauty and meaning. And it’s
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I’M THRILLED TO announce that High Summer: Backpacking the Canadian Rockies, by backpacker and author Chris Townsend, will be available for purchase on Amazon from November 1st 2024. This new and updated second edition of High Summer is being released through my independent publishing imprint, the Enchanted Rock Press. For those who missed my blogs
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