I am sitting on the front porch of the house and dark clouds, winds and rain are coming out of no where. I am a scardy cat and go inside to finish reading. Muir on the other hand goes outside because e figures he is just as safe outside as inside. Wow. Now he goes and climbs a tree to experience the storm from above.
I really enjoyed reading Muir because he spoke about nature as a being or spirit. It wasn't all that scientific and it was clear that he had a relationship with nature. There seemed to be give and take from both Muir and nature. In some ways I am jealous that his comfort with nature is so extreme but in other ways I think that not everyone can, nor wants too.
I think that Muir has a wonderful way of thinking and experiencing nature and I know that I will never climb a tree in a storm or canoe in Alaska I think that reading him makes me understand others a little better, see the beauty that someone else sees.
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