Tag: Inspiration

  • Leaf Speak

    Winter’s approach has stripped the forest whose fallen leaves display beauty in cryonic death, and silently speak endurance to the ‘naked’ wilderness. “In every change, in every falling leaf there is some pain, some beauty.” – Amit Ray +                             ^    …

  • Dawn’s Splendor

    Creation’s awakening at dawn spurs a grateful rebirth of joy in my soul. Here’s a few glimpses of dawn’s wonder that was mine to behold this morning. “The whole earth is filled with the awe of your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy”. Psalm 65:8 I M Blessed…

  • Hik-‘ing’ Day

    Leaves fall-‘ing’ – Moose rambl-‘ing’ – River freez-‘ing’ – Snow melt-‘ing’ – Sun blaz-‘ing’ . . . a day made for an Alaskan wilderness wander Hik-‘ing’ through Creation 😊 I M Blessed . . . May U B 2“Love to Live, Live to Love” – Amy Carmichael     Keep Looking Up . . .…

  • Forever Young

    While our birth days are 5 decades apart, wilderness wanderings with my son helps me forget my age and live life young again . . . undeservedly blessed . . . living each day as though it’s my last . . . grateful yesterday wasn’t . . . knowing His best forever young is yet…

  • Alaskan Gold Rush

    There’s an annual two-week gold rush in Alaska that provides unlimited ‘gold’, and everyone can stake a claim . . . Fall 😊😊😊

  • Denali Farewell

    A solo kayaker, bathed in the rising golden mists of a sunrise, bid us adieu as we left Denali National Park this morning. Lord willing, we’ll return again someday to this spectacular corner of creation. “The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display His craftsmanship“. – Psalm 19:1            …

  • Soul Therapy Recipe

    Soul Therapy Recipe  Ingredients and Directions 1. One friend with a boat. 2. Launch in Prince William Sound on calm seas. 3. Stir in a vast wilderness of towering mountains and massive glaciers. 4. Warm softly all day with sunshine. 5. Harvest a bounty of shrimp and fish from cool, blue waters shared by sea…

  • Fall’s Arrival

    The snowline and temps have been dropping in synchrony the past week . . . must be fall . . . H😊😊RAY !!                                +                               ^  …

  • Exit Fall

    Woke up to ice on the deck and a fresh blanket of termination dust on the mountains . . . Fall’s heading for the exits up here in the Last Frontier wilds of Chickaloon.                                +              …

  • “All Creatures Great and Small”

    With two weeks before hunting season begins, this big dude has decided to take up residence in the safety of our our backyard bullwinkle refuge. 😊 “All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all.” Cecil Francis Alexander