High Jinxed

A Hiker Investigates His Fear of Heights I. One of my oldest memories survives from an unknown year in the early 1980s, when I was 6 or 7, and takes place near the top of a long-since-forgotten mountain in Acadia National Park. I had been following my parents as usual when we stepped out from … Continue reading High Jinxed

The Seekers

Three Experts Reflect on What Nature Means to Them Take a step outdoors. What do you see? Hear? Feel? What do you seek by taking that next step? These simple questions can have complex answers. Nature means many things to many people—and many things for the same person. It can satisfy our curiosity and spirituality, … Continue reading The Seekers