by Skydancer7
Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 123 – Spring (from “Walden”)

Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 123 – Spring (from “Walden”)

Nature, Podcast, Walden, Walden Wednesday
MZD Podcast – Ep. 123 Spring (from "Walden") Welcome to another Walden Wednesday, where we spend a few precious moments of our day to reflect on the beauty and goodness of Nature through some of the most enduring Classics ever written.  Literary gems by naturalists, philosophers, poets and thought leaders, like Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Muir, Enos Mills and Henry David Thoreau.  In honor of the change of seasons, today, we revisit Thoreau’s Walden in one of his thoughtful discourses on Life in the Woods; the chapter titled “Spring”. So put on a light jacket, and join me once again on the shores of Walden Pond… Photo Brett Wilson For more natural goodness Listen on iTunes > [maxbutton id="8"]
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by Skydancer7
Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 118 – The Beaver and His Works

Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 118 – The Beaver and His Works

Nature, Personal Development, Podcast, Walden Wednesday
MZD Podcast - Ep. 118 - The Beaver and His Works Today on Walden Wednesday we continue reading Enos Mills’ classic, Wild Life On the Rockies. Mills was a huge nature lover and nature guide who lived in the late 1880’s, early 1900’s. He wrote his experiences and observations of the West, and mostly about his beloved Rocky Mountains. I love the chapter we are visiting today called, “The Beaver and His Works”. Here, Enos points out the antics, and importance of the beaver, a keystone species that supports the entire biological community. Without this industrious creature, our streams, rivers and landscapes erode and dry up, leaving an ugly, dry, barren land. Something to chew on for sure. Dam straight. Beaver dam that is! So sit back here by the…
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by Skydancer7
Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 115 – The Story of A Thousand Year Pine

Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 115 – The Story of A Thousand Year Pine

Enos Mills, Nature, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Personal Transformation, Podcast, Self-Development, Walden Wednesday, Well-being
MZD Podcast - Ep. 115 The Story of A Thousand Year Old Pine Welcome to another Walden Wednesday, where we spend a little time in nature reading the works of some of the greatest thinkers, naturalists, writers, and lovers of Nature the world has ever known. Authors like Emerson, Whitman, Muir and Thoreau. If you are a tree lover, I think you are really going to enjoy today’s time together as we read another chapter from Wildlife On the Rockies by the early 1900’s naturalist, wildlife photographer, and Nature writer, Enos Mills, in his fascinating chapter “The Story of A Thousand Year Old Pine”.   So sit make yourself comfortable and lean back against the bark of a wise, ancient friendly tree and listen to “The Story of A Thousand…
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by Skydancer7
Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 111 – Colorado Snow Observer

Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 111 – Colorado Snow Observer

Enos Mills, Mountain Climbing, Mountains, Nature, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Personal Transformation, Podcast, Self-Development, Walden Wednesday
MZD Podcast - Ep. 111 Colorado Snow Observer Here are on this Walden Wednesday, we slow down and spend a few precious moments of our day to truly listen, to the thoughts, ideas, and writings of some of the greatest thinkers, naturalists and lovers of Nature the world has ever known. Writers like Emerson, Whitman, Muir and Thoreau. In today’s time together we continue our visit with adventure naturalist, wildlife photographer, and Nature writer Enos Mills, as he recounts his thrilling and exhilarating adventures as the Colorado snow observer in the heart of the Colorado Rockies, encountering avalanches, dangerous precipices, starvation and hypothermia by falling though ice into a freezing river, and even mountain lions and bears.  Always a stoic, he calmly treats these occurrences as just another day in…
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by Skydancer7
Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 107 – Colorado Snow Observer (Pt. 1)

Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 107 – Colorado Snow Observer (Pt. 1)

Enos Mills, Mountains, Nature, Personal Development, Podcast, Walden Wednesday
Photo Brett Wilson MZD Podcast - Ep. 107 Colorado Snow Observer (Part 1) Welcome to Walden Wednesday! Today we visit with naturalist and nature writer Enos Mills as he shares from the first chapter of his wonderful book, "Wild Life On the Rockies". Relax in the mountain winter solitude and enjoy... For more natural goodness Listen on iTunes > [maxbutton id="8"]
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by Skydancer7
Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 101 – Happy Bird Day to You!

Mountain Zen Den ~ Episode 101 – Happy Bird Day to You!

Mindfulness, Nature, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Personal Transformation, Podcast, Self-Development, Walden Wednesday
Photo Brett Wilson MZD Podcast Episode 101 Happy Bird Day to You! Here are on this Walden Wednesday, we are celebrating National Bird Day by taking a few moments out of our day to slow the heart and mind down enough to truly listen, and absorb the thoughts, ideas, philosophies and writings of great thinkers, naturalists and lovers of Nature like Emerson, Whitman, Muir and Thoreau.  And then, as always, we give you a little time at the end to just “Be”, in a natural environment, and settle into a deeper state of awareness as you go through your day, fully-awake, fully-present, alive and intentionally growing into becoming your best self. Today we are visiting the writings of one of my heroes - naturalist, wildlife photographer, and Nature writer Enos…
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