Today I saw the ghost of Ed Abbey. He played his flute, lifted one leg, and planted it on the brick wall which rested his back. A hobo. A drunkard. A vagabond. Delightfully nomadic. His long, graying beard barely exposed his lips. The brim of his hat nearly touched his nose. He carried a pack,Continue reading “Thoreau of the West”
Tag Archives: Environmentalism
One Planet, a Singular Problem
I often field questions about Environmental History. “What is Environmental History?” Is the most obvious and common. A certain knot sets in my gut when I have to answer, not because I am uncertain about my choice of profession, but because I know I am stepping into dangerous territory. Environmentalism is a polarizing topic. GlobalContinue reading “One Planet, a Singular Problem”
O’ Wilderness, Faith Where Have You Gone
Some shout at the environmentalists, “Why waste time saving trees when people starve and nations are crumbling?” I say the same cause for the crumbling of nations and starvation of their people is the cause of the eradication and abuse of our wild neighbors. An underlying ignorance is woven throughout our American culture. It isContinue reading “O’ Wilderness, Faith Where Have You Gone”
Much of Nature
When I drive down the freeway I often watch the hills as they roll on either side of me. Rather than focusing on their present, barren, condition my imagination soars with ideas of how they must have been. Instead of forty foot billboards I see hundred foot Chestnuts. I see oaks as big as housesContinue reading “Much of Nature”
Wilderness Artificiality
The other day my wife and I went for a run. The challenge was to run six miles outside. It was a rare feat for both of us. We chose to run in downtown Jefferson, Georgia. We started near a park which has a Boy Scouts home on the premises. This park is a tributeContinue reading “Wilderness Artificiality”
Anthony Sadler 