At the Intersection of Theology, Nature, and the Arts
Image 4: Front row: Sundance Kid, Ben Kirkpatrick, Butch Cassidy Back row: Will Carver, Kid Curry Image 5: Through the door, seen in this photo, walked Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and other outlaws of the famous Hole in the Wall Gang. The cabin was built on Buffalo Creek in the Hole in the Wall …
On the desk in my study is an Atlas Obscura calendar that captures the sensation of wanderlust in 365 days of color photographs, unique facts, and unexpected adventures. I was delighted to find today's page dedicated to the extraordinary Dog Chapel in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The structure was built by internationally-known author and folk artist …
SO grateful for our years as nomads in Nomadland!! My husband, Gene, and I found many touchpoints in this movie to bring us back to our days on the road. Like the central character, Fern, we lived in the Badlands, ate and shopped at Wall Drug, walked with bison and crocs, marveled at the mud …
“I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full.” – Lord Dunsany
Jerry’s Rogue Jets, now Oregon’s only mail boat outfit, has come a long way since the days of pike poles and sails. The Gold Beach-based company still delivers the mail up stream on the Rogue River but now carried even more often, on the shallow-draft vessels, are vacationers seeking adventure. The fully-loaded 32 to 42-foot boats …
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I’ve finally opened a Twitter account. I’ve begun posting there on Christian spirituality, wildlife, wild places, art, travel, photography, companion animals, poetry, literature, soundscapes, habitats, books, writing, politics, social issues and… You’ll find me under D.F.G. Hailson. I hope you’ll look for me and will connect with me there. Of course, I’ll still be blogging …
Each June, the North Carolina Blueberry Festival is held in the tiny town of Burgaw and, each year, the event’s organizers estimate the community’s population jumps from 4,000 to upwards of 30,000. Now I’m no expert at judging crowd sizes but, given the packed in shoulder-to-shoulder nature of yesterday’s fair, I wouldn’t be surprised to …
As we are visiting family in North Carolina and had friends visiting from up north, we decided to take a day to tour the battleship that carries our host state's name. It took us more than three hours to cover the 729 ft. long, 108 ft. beam, six deck vessel that was built at the …
For two years, two months and two days - from late 2010 to the start of this new year - my husband and I traveled across the United States in search of "experiences outside of our experiences." Now settled for a time, I am preparing a book that traces the spirit-elevating lessons to be found …
Continue reading "The Wild Life: Surprise Encounters in the Natural World"
I am a dyed-in-the-wool New Englander. I’ve often used that expression over the years without ever knowing its origin and I never thought to ask other dyed-in-the-wool New Englanders why we refer to ourselves as such. I’d read, at some point, that the expression means “thorough-going and uncompromising” but it wasn’t until today that I …
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