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The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

February 15, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Lower falls, Yellowstone

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is unlike any other canyon in color, charm, in picturesque calendar-ready beauty, wild and frightening.

Filed Under: Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: canyons, geology, nature, osprey, rivers, stones, Yellowstone

Morning on the Riverwalk along the San Antonio River

January 12, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

River walk along the San Antonio River

I greet the day with delight in the cool air of dawn. I am happily surprised to find a sliver of solitude along the San Antonio riverwalk.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: colonialism, nature, rivers, San Antonio, tourism, Yanaguana

Reflections on a first encounter

October 2, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Runoff from the Midway Geyser Basin into the Firehole River

Reflections on our first encounter in Yellowstone National Park, written on a bitter cold night in Ohio more than 15 years later.

Filed Under: Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: encounter, geysers, memoir, National Parks, reflections, rivers, Yellowstone

Romance in Yellowstone: remembering the best day of my life

October 1, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Firehole River at the Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

Recalling a magical day in Yellowstone National Park that changed our lives and sent us on a journey that we are still traveling forty years later.

Filed Under: Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: geysers, memoir, National Parks, rivers, Yellowstone

Where the river meets the sea

September 13, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Tidal Falls, Maine

Rivers run to seas, and at times reverse course as the tidal pull of the moon pushes the sea back upstream.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: gravity, Moon, rivers, sea, tide

At River’s Edge Beneath a Wall of Yellow Stone

August 31, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

A wall of yellow rock, Yellowstone National Park

The land is philosopher. It teaches through patient being that knowing is as futile and useless as believing. Things are, circumstances unfold and collapse, and reality persists.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: nature, philosophy, rivers, space, time, Yellowstone

Rio Grande Borderlands, Big Bend National Park

September 29, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Rio Grande

The Rio Grande divides two lands, two tongues, two ways of seeing and believing. It occupies a borderland where the living, the dead, and the river’s watery sustenance follow a winding course to distant seas.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Big Bend, Rio Grande, rivers

Virgin Stones, Zion National Park

September 1, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Stones of the Virgin River

The currents of this river uncover millennia of remembrance. Their voices speak a wisdom we can only imagine. Their songs echo beyond the melodies of river, of songbirds, of hikers.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: geology, rivers, stones, Zion

Yellowstone River

March 4, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Yellowstone River at Otter Creek

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Filed Under: Places, Sacred Wonderland Tagged With: National Parks, rivers, snow, Yellowstone

Friday Photo

July 11, 2014 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

The remarkable spectacle of a summer sunset over the Mississippi River. (Photo by T.S. Bremer, 2006)

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Memphis, Mississippi, rivers, sunsets

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I write about religion and tourism, especially in regard to national parks. I am currently working on a history of religion in Yellowstone National Park. Read More…

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