The following story first appeared in Jim’s newsletter, Wild Wind. C & L Creek. The Big Hole Divide. I’m struck by the beauty of the place. Topographical maps can only show so much. They leave out the cold morning light playing in the trees. They never mention the bird songs on the still canyon air. …
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The following story first appeared in Jim’s newsletter, Wild Wind. The little jeep road is getting harder and harder to follow. It’s shrunk from a busy dirt road, to a quiet lane, to a little traveled track, and now is fading to a pack trail. This is progress as far as I’m concerned. I hadn’t …
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IN THIS ISSUE News from Wild Wind office/ introducing Listen to the EarthKid for the Wild Scholarship winner for 2020New on the WalkinJim websiteWords to Ponder News from Wild Wind office and introducing Listen to the Earth Welcome to 2021 everyone. A new year that offers hope. Hope is what we need to hang on …
The following story first appeared in Jim’s newsletter, Wild Wind. The slot canyon we’re following gets narrower and narrower. The walls here, still shaded from the blazing sun, are cool to the touch. The air smells of rock and sand. The gusty wind is just a memory. Here the air is still. The only sound …
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Welcome to the Wild Wind. Summer 2020 IN THIS ISSUE: News from Wild Wind We are well into summer and the daylight is getting a bit shorter. For now, it makes good conditions for watching the Perseid meteor shower! In the last few newsletters you’ve seen excerpts from Walkin Jim’s manuscript written during, and after, …