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Moonrise over Meeman-Shelby Forest

June 28, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer 2 Comments

Moonrise over Poplar Tree Lake

The moon rises over the forested horizon as we witness its appearance from the lake shore. How many moonrises have we seen across these waters?

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: birds, camping, hiking, Moon, trees

The Abundant Life of the Hoh Rain Forest

May 30, 2020 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Hoh Rain Forest

The Hoh Rain Forest waits as a patient guide, a moss-embroidered forest of wisdom, lined with ferns and storied over with trees older than memory.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: ferns, Hoh, moss, Olympic National Park, trees

Old trees

November 15, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Tree canopy

Trees can grow to gargantuan proportions, given the right conditions and enough time. I am grateful for having touched some of the oldest and largest living things on earth.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Olympic, trees, Washington

A tree fell in the forest, and many were there to hear it

October 8, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

A tree that fell in the Hoh rain forest

This week a rotten tree fell hard in the forest. Many thousands were there to witness its undoing, but no one heard the crash. Not even the tree realized it had fallen.

Filed Under: Random Tagged With: forests, trees, voices

Permanent Vacation: The Impermanence of Life in the National Parks

March 7, 2017 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Roosevelt Arch

Review of Permanent Vacation: Twenty Writers on Work and Life in Our National Parks, edited by Kim Wyatt (Bona Fide Books, 2011), an assortment of short recollections by writers who lived and worked in national parks. Sometimes adventurous, even frightening, often poetic, this collection offers intimate views rarely experienced by the millions who enjoy American national parks each year. ♨

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: bears, bison, books, Grand Canyon, Hawai’i Volcanoes, impermanence, Mammoth Cave, Mt. Rainier, National Parks, Petrified Forest, tourism, trails, trees, Yellowstone

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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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