wilderness

Dive into the peculiar paradises of Costa Rica, where the animal kingdom frolics in a fabulous frenzy of weirdness and wonder!

Dive into Costa Rica’s abundant biodiversity with its thrilling and intimate animal encounters, offering you a ringside seat to witness the vibrant wildlife

It’s very hard to see where one’s people and culture fit into the scheme of things with humanity as a whole. Hell, I’m not even sure there is such a…

I had an interesting conversation with a self-described “meditation teacher” recently who teaches at a well-known retreat center in California. She regularly leads 10-day and month-long silent retreats. Though I’m…

Men are lost in America. Most no longer know what it means to be a man, and don’t know what to do in this obsessively externalizing society in which everything…

Three white teenagers rode their bikes down to the creek about 60 meters downstream. The older two looked like they were still in junior high school, about 14. The youngest…

Backpacking in the Hetch Hetchy wilderness,‭ ‬you feel both its vastness and sublimity,‭ ‬and a heartbreaking truncation.‭ ‬Magnificent waterfalls plunge over the cliffs,‭ ‬only to fall into a huge reservoir.‭…