First time ever witnessing the Aurora borealis, and in Santa Fe, New Mexico of all places! #northernlights #newmexico

Continued...Me and Max ✔️ another summit in the Pecos Wilderness today. Jicarita Peak, 12,806 feet above sea level. Where is the snow? #nature #newmexico

Me and Max ✔️ another summit in the Pecos Wilderness today. Jicarita Peak, 12,806 feet above sea level. Where is the snow? #nature #newmexico

Completed my first overnight run this weekend, helping pace my buddy Stephen in the Deadman's Peak Backbone 100 miler. Recap: I was tired to begin when I started at 10 pm. My lights and gear worked fantastic. It got really cold. Witnessing the moon set and sun rise, gave me goosebumps. #trailrunning

Authority wind #poem #nature 10.17.25 The beauty floweth And the wine runs thin; Rome is burning From the center again The desert is quiet The mountains are grim; So too my redemption Is emptied within Time, the maker And gravity the sin; Risen from the ashes Like dust in the wind

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Fall is in the air, and a hint of winter up higher. #fall #nature #trailrunning

Tarantula #Haiku #Nature Softer than dusk, and Boundless as the drifting leaves Crawling on the wind (Tarantula's use their fine hairs to feel the direction of the wind).

"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." - John Muir #Nature #OlympicNationalPark

South San Juan Wilderness. Everywhere, a story waiting to be told. #SouthSanJuanWilderness #Nature

"The wonder is, that we can see these trees, and not wonder more" - #RalphWaldoEmerson

Dusk on the Pacific Ocean.

#NatureHaiku #Poem In a pine woods rain On the path of endless joy I wandered, beyond

The Trump administration wants to fast-track deep-sea mining by slashing environmental reviews that protect the seafloor, one of the largest and most fragile ecosystems on the planet. Please, add your voice to tell NOAA to reject this proposal 🐋⬇️

Pecos Wilderness near the Pecos River Headwaters. It's important to make sure wilderness areas stay wild. Grazing cattle are everywhere here, creating an environment influenced by man and going directly agaisnt the Wilderness Act of 1964. #pecoswilderness #keepwildernesswild

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Allis Hamilton, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Allis!

mushroom #haiku #nature #mushroom voice of the forest flower of decay, blooming like a ruddy ghost

Nice moss wig on this ancient rock, in aspen biome at about 9,500 feet.

A recent Center report found that a new border barrier, in a remote part of Arizona, would threaten one of the most important remaining animal migration routes on the state’s southern border. Check out the @nytimes.com feature about it. ⬇️

LeConte’s thrashers, native to arid desert habitats of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, have lost nearly 70% of their U.S. population over the past 50 years. Today we petitioned to protect them under the Endangered Species Act. Learn more: biodiv.us/4lZtfku

This planned destruction of birth control devices is part of the dismantling of USAID services — and linked to allegations by the government that cite abortion. Critics are speaking out.

Soil is home to nearly 60% of all species and stores vast amounts of carbon. Yet, it’s being lost faster than ever. Why and what can be done? This article breaks down the threats and solutions: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

#haiku #mothmonth moth wings in dusk light fly away on warmer winds to new star meadows

Engineer ́Mountain, San Juan National Forest 7.19.25

Mountain #haiku roots, delve between rocks centuries broken apart by the watch tower

Summer Flowers #haiku #nature ethereal bird song swirls among swaying flowers - summer's swell hangs taut

We’re officially halfway through 2025… Here’s what went right in every month so far. What impact will you have in the second half of the year?

jaded bee, asleep in a yellow flower, dreams away summer storms #haiku #pollinators

BIG NEWS: Your public pressure worked! Senator Lee gave up his effort to sell off millions of acres of YOUR public lands. We’ll keep fighting every nasty piece of this Bad Billionaires Bill.

It was a blue bird day in the San Juan Mountains. I am grateful to be able to experience these beautiful places through running. Let's make sure they stay protected! #sjs50 #sanjuanmountains

Moon #haiku The moon sweeps the pines; Narrowly missing the heart, With its pallid gaze.

East Pecos Baldy, 12,530 feet aove sea level. Saw a Marmot and a Mountain Goat.

Took a wander into the moody mountains of spring. Sping in the Mountains #haiku River, deep spoken echoes in the night, my dreams; Mountains, fresh with snow.

Spring in mountains. Water flowing, creatures stirring, plants reaching.

Sweeping all the needles away after the hail storm #haiku... Springtime needles, shed like swords in battle, unsheathed on the cold wet ground.

Made it to 12,632 feet above sea level today. There should be more snow here in April. #SantafeNationalForest

"This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." - John Muir

Human #haiku One day, I will lay in a thin sliver of stone; the human belief True to its color brief in its complex structure; enduring and cold Just another rock Broken in spirit, by time To be seen and felt

Spring Night #haiku nightroof moonless, through skin soft star dreams, time just steadfast and rhymeless

erosion #haiku the old gods remain; we walk beside them daily and dream in the dark

Sandstone #haiku the past, just a red fox slinking down the path, smooth as wind blown stone

Crag #haiku Eroded mountains much like the mind, rise above dark, dusty canyons

Rainbow Bridge, one of the largest natural bridges (bridge=over water) in the world. 290 feet tall, 275 feet across. Sacred to many native people. Thanks to Navajo Nation for allowing us access onto their land #RainbowBridge #NavajoNation

Funny how our minds try to impose meaningful interpretations out of the chaos and complexity of #geology #pareidolia

desert #haiku skin as rough as stone battered by sun and wind, soft memories of rain

Still not a fan of snow but... #NM #VallesCaldera

Spring Wind #haiku blow old spirit strong on soft wings of broken light to an empty dawn shadows of the spring bring forth fresh yearning flowers for the hungry moths mouths of the many full of star dust, fly away Into the abyss

Evening Run #Haiku flowing through the trees as blissful as the spring breeze; body and soul alligned

Juniper Pollen #Haiku rooted to the rain and drained by the light, set free again on the wind every branch a chance, each earthly gust embraced in ancient memories footsteps of the trees marching over the mountains to a distand land