Whispering Waters and Winter Solstice 2019

     From kayaks gliding through water to skiis gliding through snow, we remain connected to the seasons, the changes, and the elements.  As always, those rare moments outdoors enable me to endure those long hours working.  Yet teaching is still mostly a labor of love, and hope for our future.  Even the most recalcitrant student may someday play a role in changing our world, our environment, our society, our culture for the better.  And I'm certain that many of my wonderful IB students will indeed sally forth into the stormy waters of climate and political change and show us the way to calm waters.  Therein lies my hope.
       And Creativity, Teaching and Natural Inspiration as well as Walking Natural Pathways remain my gifts to the world of change and the future.  I've spent far more money on promoting these books than I'll probably ever make back, but money is not the point.  Keeping creativity and poetry alive is what is most important.
       So if you have a copy, pass it on!  If you want a copy, well, thanks for participating in my "fundraiser for change" spirit.  If I ever do make some money on these books, you can be sure that my contributions to organizations like Friends of the Great Salt Lake, SUWA, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society and others will increase, and so will the spirit of the wild and wide open spaces that I love.

​Happy Winter Solstice!         Mark & Deb