There it is, fog, atmospheric moisture still uncertain in destination, not quite weather and not altogether mood, yet partaking of both..

Of all the everyday plants of the earth, grass is the least pretentious and the most important to mankind. It clothes the earth is an unmistakable wa….

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed..

If the voice of the brook was not the first song of celebration, it must have been at least an obbligato for that event..

Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves..

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night..

A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart..

Any river is really the summation of a whole valley. It shapes not only the land but the life and even the culture of that valley. To think of any ri….

As I stood and watched the mists slowly rising this morning I wondered what view was more beautiful than this..

Of all the seasons, autumn offers the most to man and requires the least of him..

A frontier is never a place; it is a time and a way of life..

There are some things, but not too many, toward which the countryman knows he must be properly respectful if he would avoid pain, sickness and injury….

The longer I live and the more I read, the more certain I become that the real poems about spring aren't written on paper. They are written in the ba….

[The Christmas story] is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount which still remains as the ultimate ….

I grew up in those years when the Old West was passing and the New West was emerging. It was a time when we still heard echoes and already saw shadow….

Two sounds of autumn are unmistakable...the hurrying rustle of crisp leaves blown along the street...by a gusty wind, and the gabble of a flock of mi….

In a painful time of my life I went often to a wooded hillside where May apples grew by the hundreds, and I thought the sourness of their fruit had a….

He who walks may see and understand. You can study all America from one hilltop, if your eyes are open and your mind is willing to reach. But first y….

If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you ar….

Green, the color of growth, or surgent life, enwraps the land. New green, still as individual as the plants themselves. Cool green, which will merge ….

A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination..