Joh Muir, “patron saint of the American wilderness,” d Dec 24 1914. After recovering from a terrible accident he determined to devote his life to the study of nature and the “godful wilderness.” He settled in Yosemite where he spent months communing with the rocks, trees, cliffs.
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He helped establish Yosemite and Yellowstone as national parks and became a forerunner of the modern environmental movement. “Rocks and waters, etc., are words of God and so are men. We all flow from one fountain Soul. All are expressions of one Love.”
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Robert, May you and yours have a blessed and joyous Christmas season.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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