tag > Nature
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This wolf and bear pair were documented travelling, hunting and sharing food together for 10 days.
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Good morning treepeople. It's fascinating how, with regular time spent among trees, their unique personalities start to shine through. I've visited this one for years, across all four seasons, and we've become friends. At about 150y, she radiates calmness with a touch of humor
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"I stand in the midst of an ancient forest, its myriad linkages stretching away in time & space, its millions of niches filled w/purposes I can only guess.Some don't like to call these forests the work of God, but they sure aren't the work of man." ~ David Kelly
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The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man
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Verena Gorge Hermitage, Solothurn, Switzerland
This scenic gorge and hermitage is named after the 3rd-century St. Verena, a Coptic Christian who was born in Egypt but is believed to have joined the Theban Legion’s mission to the Roman province of Rhaetia (partly located in modern-day Switzerland) and eventually came to live in a cave near the site of the hermitage, helping fellow young girls in the area. This mystical gorge and romantic streamside hermitage continues to be maintained by a real live hermit who was hired by the town in 2016. (The previous hermit got tired of the media scrutiny and quit the post. No joke!) The idyllic site is best accessed via an easy two-kilometer (just over a mile) hike, peppered with highlights like the mossy Magdalene and Mount of Olives grottoes and a tidy forested chapel built directly into the misty gorge, considered by some to be an ionic hot spot. Whatever your beliefs, it’s hard to deny that this primordial place is charged with oodles of Swiss manna.
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In the past few weeks, we hosted a 15-year-old family member from Japan who was addicted to his phone, regularly spending 10 hours a day on games. After some intense time in nature together, he surprisingly lost interest in his phone. This change gives me real hope for humanity.
