Andy

“The deep ecologist Arne Næss said, City lights are a conspiracy against higher thoughts.”
― Terry Tempest Williams, The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

“The light catches in the bare branches of the maple and clothes it in a fleeting dream of autumn, all pink and auburn and gold. The cardinal perched near the top of the tree bursts into radiance, into flame, and for that moment nothing matters at all—not the still soil nor the clattering branches nor the way this redbird will fall to the ground in time, a cold stone, and I too will grow cold, and all my line.”
― Margaret Renkl, Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

“I am learning that a Glorian cannot be defined, only met with surprise and awe and, sometimes, terror. Humor may accompany them. They can be Tricksters in any shape, size, or confluence.”
― Terry Tempest Williams, The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

“The environmental movement up till now has necessarily been reactive. We have been clear about what we don’t like. But we also need to say what we would like. We need to show where hope lies. Ecological restoration is a work of hope.”
― George Monbiot, Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding