Barry Lopez wrote:

“Hunting in my experience—and by hunting I simply mean being out on the land—is a state of mind. All of one's faculties are brought to bear in an effort to become fully incorporated into the landscape. It is more than listening for animals or watching for hoofprints or a shift in the weather. It is more than a analysis of what one senses. To hunt means to have land around you like clothing.”

I miss hunting.



Now-a-days, I just wander around looking at stuff, frantically, before the sun sets. I run darkness off on my way to work, but it doesn't go far, it waits for me to leave and quickly takes my place saying, “you didn't call it!” whatever that means...