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Diana I can tell you are relaxed, so you are open. to the spirit. I appreciate your words from WY.

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Teri what a special time, and to do this for your daughter was special

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Late reading this. Thank goodness I did! It washes my soul!❤️

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Me, too.

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Welcome to Wyoming. Enjoy your time here.

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Makes the heart yearn to enjoy the wholeness of creation, whether city or wilderness. Thanks for the beautiful reflection, photos, quotes.

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Aug 1Liked by Diana Butler Bass

Wonderful to be here also. There is a spiritual presence in this place that can only be described as holy. I hope to have an opportunity to talk to you while we are both here.

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I love John Muir and the great outdoors. But I think his last line is overstated. Like I wrote last year, wish I could take a break like that. Good luck with your fly fishing. Leave some for the birds and lizards.

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I go to the mountains from whence my help comes! Thank you for sharing a picture of the Sanctuary surrounding you. May God’s presence fill you with a deep and lasting peace.

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Thank you. What a wonderful place to step into while waking up this morning.

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What a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing it with us 🙏

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Thank you very much. It's so refreshing to glimpse a bit of your retreat while living in hot humid Florida. I hope you have a renewing respite there.

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Beautiful, you are in my home, only in another country. I am blessed to live in the grasslands and sagebrush, lakes and rivers in the sub alpine for 24 years. Today I live at the confluence of two rivers and 10 first nations. I hope you go fly fishing, I don't think you will forget the experience. I grew up watching my dad and today at 71 I still love it. Enjoy!!

"The point of fly fishing is to become reverent in the presence of art and nature."

.....Howell Raines

His book is lovely. Fly Fishing Through A Midlife Crisis.

This video will cement it. https://wordpress.com/post/bernecho.com/2793

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I feel like you brought us with you! Many thanks. Beautiful photos and a knockout quote from Muir. Enjoy the woods.

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Jul 31Liked by Diana Butler Bass

You are at a place where touching the soul of the earth is at your fingertips,

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Jul 31Liked by Diana Butler Bass

I think you will love fly fishing, even if you are terrible at it. I liked all of it so much, I learned to tie my own flies. Catch some joy along with the trout for dinner. Stuff the trout and cook it on the grill .

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"No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself." -- Thank you for this.

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