Category Archives: Travel Knowledge

Why Buy Ugly? :: The Aesthetic Cost of U.S. Taxpayer Financed Buildings

Posted on 01/04/2015 by L. Peat O'Neil

Why spend  money acquired from taxpaying U.S. citizens for structures that are ugly and not energy efficient? Why create more eyesore buildings? People would become more visually oriented and creative if they could see beautiful structures that open their eyes … Continue reading →

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Goddess of Travel

Posted on 01/01/2013 by L. Peat O'Neil

Western Hemisphere  Trivia, a Roman diety, is said to be the goddess of commerce and travel.  She is an aspect of Artemis/Diana with three heads to represent the place where three roads meet or the triune goddess of  earth, heaven and the underworld. … Continue reading →

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Sacred Sites

Posted on 01/12/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

So you believe there are places that shelter spiritual energy.  Are these locations protected? Executive Order concerning Sacred Sites, May 24 1996 Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/Rights, Journal of Material Culture, V.9: N. 3, 237-261 (2004)

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Residencies for Nature and Outdoors Writers

Posted on 01/11/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Spring Creek – University of Oregon – writer in residence program Mesa Refuge, Point Reyes Station, California – writer’s residency Taos Summer Writer’s Conference – fiction and non-fiction writing conference Voices of the Wilderness  – artist’s residency Island Institute, Sitka, Alaska – resident fellowships … Continue reading →

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Cowboy Poets

Posted on 25/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Mythmakers of the west and cowboy poets still roll their own and tie a shake a mean lariat.Join the Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in August, 2012. Keep in mind the next cowboy poets festival in Arizona February 2013. And what … Continue reading →

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Study Resources :: The Environmental Movement

Posted on 22/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Evolution of Conservation Movement in the United States of America Significant Authors: Edward Abbey Rachel Carson John Muir Gary Snyder Add your suggestions  — other authors whose writings have shaped the conservation movement in the United States.  Use  the comments … Continue reading →

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Places to Publish Your Nature Writing

Posted on 19/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Isle Outdoors Outpost Terrain.org Trail Runner

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The Deerstalker

Posted on 19/06/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

The Deerstalker © L. Peat O’Neil 2009 Flipping through a hook and bullet magazine while collecting articles for my nature writing students, I learned that hunters should wear bright pink.  Shocking pink is invisible to deer, yet easily distinguished by … Continue reading →

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Nature and Spiritual Practice

Posted on 06/03/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Spirituality in nature is implied, but not directly addressed. Nature has replaced the craving for a spirit presence greater than the self. Nature envelops and includes, while a named almighty being (God, Jesus, Zeus, Allah) is defined and apart from … Continue reading →

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Websites on Nature

Posted on 06/02/2012 by L. Peat O'Neil

Selected Opportunities and Resources for Nature Writers Nature in Legend and Story (NILAS) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization, devoted to exploration of relationships between human beings and the natural world, reflected in folklore, literature and other cultural activities with spiritual … Continue reading →

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