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. Nature is neither punitive nor solicitous, but she has thorns and fangs as wells as bowers and grassy banks.
The hush comes with the deepening of Autumn; but it comes gradually. Our ears are attuned to it, day by quieter day. But even now, if one awakens in … - Hal Borland
The hush comes with the deepening of Autumn; but it comes gradually. Our ears are attuned to it, day by quieter day. But even now, if one awakens in …
- Hal Borland
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. - Hal Borland
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
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. - Hal Borland
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.
All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole. - Hal Borland
All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.
October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. - Hal Borland
October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen.
Each new season grows from the leftovers from the past. That is the essence of change, and change is the basic law. - Hal Borland
Each new season grows from the leftovers from the past. That is the essence of change, and change is the basic law.
The most unhappy thing about conservation is that it is never permanent. Save a priceless woodland or an irreplaceable mountain today, and tomorrow i… - Hal Borland
The most unhappy thing about conservation is that it is never permanent. Save a priceless woodland or an irreplaceable mountain today, and tomorrow i…
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will quickly … - Hal Borland
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will quickly …
Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years. - Hal Borland
Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.
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