Nature in her green tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.
~ John Muir
The wild is not a panacea for the human soul; too much [time]
in the air can corrode it to nothing.
~ Helen Macdonald
Summer 1996, Taos, New Mexico. I’m hiking down toward the trailhead after topping out on 12,700-foot Gold Hill, a quiet peak up near the ski valley.