“For millions of years, this world has been a great gift to nearly everything living on it, a planet whose atmosphere, temperature, air, water, seasons, and weather were precisely calibrated to allow us - the big us, including forests and oceans, species large and small - to flourish.” WorldYearsHas BeensBigsWaterMillionsAirThis WorldPlanetsOceanSeasonsSpeciesIncludingForestsWeatherAtmosphereTemperatureLiving OnGreat GiftsWoods And Forests Author:Rebecca Solnit
“You've been so long in the rain, you feel like a dirty dish rag. But despite the misery of your water soaked body, you look around to see verdant leaves dripping with water. The air entering your lungs smells vibrantly clean. To experience adventure, you must be willing to be uncomfortable at times and enjoy the loneliness by being happy with your own singing. A song pops out of your mouth... "It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was fine..."” FeelsLooksLongBodyNightSongLeftEnjoyWaterAirLonelinessWillingAdventureFineSingingMouthsRainMiseryCleanPopsSmellWeatherDespiteDirtyUncomfortableDishesEnteringLungsAll NightRagsDrippingDirty Dishes Author:Frosty Wooldridge
“I love the summer.... the warm weather, hangin out with friends, and swimmin in the warm water..... but most importantly grabin a glove and a ball and playin some softball in the heat.” WaterSummerBallsWarmWeatherHeatGlovesSoftballWarm Weather Author:James Madison
“The weather here is gorgeous. It's mild and feels like it's in the eighties. The hot dog vendors got confused because of the weather and thought it was spring, so they accidentally changed the hot dog water in their carts.” FeelsWaterDogChangedSpringHotWeatherConfusedGorgeousEightySpringtimeCartsHot DogVendors Author:David Letterman
“Clean air and water, a diversity of animal and plant species, soil and mineral resources, and predictable weather are annuities that will pay dividends for as long as the human race survives – and may even extend our stay on Earth.” HumansMayLongEarthWaterAnimalPayRaceAirDiversityResourcesCleanPlantSpeciesWeatherHuman RaceSoilPredictableMineralsDividendsClean AirAir And WaterMineral Resources Author:Alex Steffen
“In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may be filled with water; but rise and fall as the waves do, and give way as much as we conveniently can.” ThinkingWayGivingMayStatesFallWaterCuttingPolicyRiversFilledWaveWeatherBoatFoulRise And Fall Author:John Selden
“Is the sea drying up? It is going up into mist and coming down on us in this water spout, the rain. It raineth every day, and the weather represents our tearful despair on a large scale.” WaterLossSeaDespairRainDisasterScalesWeatherMistLarge Scale Author:Mary Boykin Chesnut
“Winning awards is great. Everyone wants to put a feather in their cap but for me the ultimate validation comes when you're standing on top of a peak and the weather's moving in and you're trying to manage logistics with your client, whether its food, water, shelter, and really there's only one constant out there: I know the last person I'm going to get to take care of is myself, so my gear has got to work. I take a lot of pride in knowing Eddie Bauer makes the best gear out there.” KnowsWantTryingPersonsCareLastsMovingWinningWaterKnowingPrideStandingUltimateConstantTake CareWeatherManageAwardsShelterClientsFeathersCapsGearsValidationMoving InLogisticsWinning Awards Author:Reggie Crist
“The point of the dragonfly's terrible lip, the giant water bug, birdsong, or the beautiful dazzle and flash of sunlighted minnows,is not that it all fits together like clockwork--for it doesn'tbut that it all flows so freely wild, like the creek, that it all surges in such a free, finged tangle. Freedom is the world's water and weather, the world's nourishment freely given, its soil and sap: and the creator loves pizzazz.” WorldTogetherBeautifulGivenWaterNatureFreedomFitTerribleFlowLipsCreatorWeatherGiantsSoilWildernessFlashBugsNourishmentSapClockworkDazzleCreeksBirdsongDragonfliesMinnowsPizzazz Author:Annie Dillard
“Concurring hands divide flax for damask that when bleached by Irish weather has the silvered chamois-leather water-tightness of a skin.” HandsWaterWorkSkinsWeatherDividesLeatherFlax Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems