#sacredwonderland — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sacredwonderland, aggregated by home.social.
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Are you looking for positive, hopeful stories about nature and the environment? Check out the Sacred Wonderland #Newsletter. Once a month, it highlights news and other items of interest about national parks, plus art, culture, and people making a difference. Each issue features a photograph, a book worth reading, and #poetry—I send it on the third Monday of every month. You can sign up at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/newsletter/
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Large, spectacular #waterfalls make great images for calendars, posters, and landscape paintings. But I am charmed by smaller cascades, like this one on the Virgin River in Zion National Park, #Utah. Though often overlooked, these modest waterfalls have their own enchanting appeal. Attending to the small things in life often brings large rewards.
#ZionNationalPark #rivers #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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The 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind features Devils Tower National Monument. Encounters of a different kind have been occurring there for millennia, as a sacred site of American Indian communities for generations. The Lakota people know it as Mato Tipila, or Bears Lodge, a holy site. They regularly make pilgrimages there, where they perform rituals and leave offerings.
#DevilsTower #movies #NativeAmericans #pilgrimage #SacredWonderland #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography -
I’m back! It’s been over six months away from Mastodon. I took a brief hiatus while relocating to a different state and settling into a new life. I expected to be away only a month or so, but as they say, the best laid plans... (or in my case, no plan at all). In any case, I’m excited about reconnecting and engaging again with the Fediverse.
Despite the stress and chaos of moving, I kept up with the Sacred Wonderland Newsletter. This month’s edition went out on Monday. You can learn more about it, read the March issue, and sign up for it at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/newsletter/ .
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Enjoy the Sacred Wonderland Newsletter delivered once every month to your inbox—timely news and other items of interest about national parks and other protected places, plus recommended reading, a featured photograph, and #poetry—sent on the third Monday of every month. Sign up at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/newsletter/
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#Bicycling on the carriage roads, #Acadia National Park
#bicycles #AcadiaNationalPark #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Grasses and sand lining the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park
#PhotoFriday #rivers #BigBendNationalPark #Texas #NationalParks #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Grasses and sand lining the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park
#PhotoFriday #rivers #BigBendNationalPark #Texas #NationalParks #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Grasses and sand lining the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park
#PhotoFriday #rivers #BigBendNationalPark #Texas #NationalParks #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Grasses and sand lining the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park
#PhotoFriday #rivers #BigBendNationalPark #Texas #NationalParks #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Millions of people visit #Yellowstone National Park each year. Few know anything about the park’s #history, and fewer still realize that religion has been an important force in that history. Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Yellowstone details the religious history of the world’s first national park.
#YellowstoneNationalPark #NationalParks #SacredWonderland #religion #spirituality #BooksWorthReading #publication
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Snow-capped Mount Carrie, #Olympic National Park in #Washington
#mountains #OlympicNationalPark #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Punch Bowl Spring, Upper Geyser Basin, #Yellowstone National Park
#PhotoFriday #HotSprings #geysers #YellowstoneNationalPark #NationalParks #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Tired of negativity? Take a break with the Sacred Wonderland Newsletter—timely news and other items of interest about national parks and other protected places, plus recommended reading, a featured photograph, and #poetry—sent on the third Monday of every month. Sign up at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/newsletter/
#SacredWonderland #Newsletter #NationalParks #photography -
The Duncan #Cedar, the world’s largest western red #cedar (178’ tall with a 19.4-foot diameter), is near #Olympic National Park in #Washington.
#trees #OlympicNationalPark #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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In the 20 years it took to write my #Yellowstone book, my relationship with the park changed.
#memoirs #YellowstoneNationalPark #NationalParks #SacredWonderland #history #religion #spirituality #BooksWorthReading #publication
https://unpblog.com/2025/08/13/a-changed-relationship-my-reckoning-with-yellowstone/
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Discover the #history of Yellowstone National Park through the lens of #religions in Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Yellowstone.
Learn more at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/sacred-wonderland-book/#BooksWorthReading #SacredWonderland #YellowstoneNationalPark #NationalParks
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The Grizzly Giant #sequoia #redwood in #Yosemite National Park has massive feet protruding from the scars left by an ancient #fire.
#GrizzlyGiant #YosemiteNationalPark #trees #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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The Black Pool hot spring is not very black. It’s on display in the West Thumb Geyser Basin, #Yellowstone National Park
#PhotoFriday #BlackPoolSpring #WestThumbGeyserBasin #YellowstoneNationalPark #HotSprings #steam #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Few know the fascinating history of religions in Yellowstone National Park.
#YellowstoneNationalPark #history #religions #spirituality #NativeAmericans #NewAge #NationalParks #Wyoming #Tetons #SacredWonderland
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Enjoy the Sacred Wonderland Newsletter delivered once every month to your inbox—timely news and other items of interest about national parks and other protected places, plus recommended reading, a featured photograph, and #poetry—sent on the third Monday of every month. Sign up at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/newsletter/
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Brandywine Falls, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
#waterfalls #BrandywineFalls #CuyahogaValleyNationalPark #Ohio #NationalParks #LandscapePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Enjoy the Sacred Wonderland Newsletter delivered once every month to your inbox—timely news and other items of interest about national parks and other protected places, plus recommended reading, a featured photograph, and #poetry—sent on the third Monday of every month. Sign up at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/newsletter/
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My essay on the religious history of Yellowstone National Park has just been published!
@ConversationUS
#YellowstoneNationalPark #history #religions #spirituality #NativeAmericans #NewAge #NationalParks #Wyoming #Tetons #SacredWonderland #publication #AmWriting -
Did you know that religions are part of the history of national parks? Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Yellowstone tells the story of #religion in #Yellowstone National Park.
Learn more at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/sacred-wonderland-book/#publication #history #BooksWorthReading #SacredWonderland #YellowstoneNationalPark #NationalParks
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#Reeds in the shallow waters of Big Hill Pond, #Tennessee.
#BigHillPondStatePark #StateParks #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Mount Saint Helens looms over the #Washington landscape.
#PhotoFriday #MountSaintHelens #mountains #forests #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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The full #moon sets over the Blue Ridge Mountains.
#BlueRidgeParkway #moonset #FullMoon #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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I’ll be sending out the Sacred Wonderland Newsletter next week—timely news and other items of interest about national parks and other protected places, plus recommended reading, a featured photograph, and #poetry—sent on the third Monday of every month. Sign up to get it sent to your inbox at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/newsletter/
#SacredWonderland #Newsletter #NationalParks #photography -
Devil’s Tower in eastern #Wyoming has been sacred to Native American groups for generations. The #Lakota people know it as Mato Tipila, or Bears Lodge, a holy site of mythical importance. Along with other native peoples, they regularly make pilgrimages there every June. They perform rituals and leave offerings at this unique geological feature.
#DevilsTowerNationalMonument #NativeAmericans #pilgrimage #NationalParks #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Devil’s Tower in eastern #Wyoming has been sacred to Native American groups for generations. The #Lakota people know it as Mato Tipila, or Bears Lodge, a holy site of mythical importance. Along with other native peoples, they regularly make pilgrimages there every June. They perform rituals and leave offerings at this unique geological feature.
#DevilsTowerNationalMonument #NativeAmericans #pilgrimage #NationalParks #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Devil’s Tower in eastern #Wyoming has been sacred to Native American groups for generations. The #Lakota people know it as Mato Tipila, or Bears Lodge, a holy site of mythical importance. Along with other native peoples, they regularly make pilgrimages there every June. They perform rituals and leave offerings at this unique geological feature.
#DevilsTowerNationalMonument #NativeAmericans #pilgrimage #NationalParks #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Devil’s Tower in eastern #Wyoming has been sacred to Native American groups for generations. The #Lakota people know it as Mato Tipila, or Bears Lodge, a holy site of mythical importance. Along with other native peoples, they regularly make pilgrimages there every June. They perform rituals and leave offerings at this unique geological feature.
#DevilsTowerNationalMonument #NativeAmericans #pilgrimage #NationalParks #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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Devil’s Tower in eastern #Wyoming has been sacred to Native American groups for generations. The #Lakota people know it as Mato Tipila, or Bears Lodge, a holy site of mythical importance. Along with other native peoples, they regularly make pilgrimages there every June. They perform rituals and leave offerings at this unique geological feature.
#DevilsTowerNationalMonument #NativeAmericans #pilgrimage #NationalParks #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SacredWonderland
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This week I submitted the index for “Sacred Wonderland: The History of Religion in Yellowstone”—my final task before publication. I began work on the book more than 20 years ago, and at times I wasn’t sure it would get finished. But now, it’s done. I still hardly believe it.
The book will be published in July by University of Nebraska Press – more information at:
https://www.sacredwonderland.us/sacred-wonderland-book/
#SacredWonderland #Yellowstone #NationalParks #history #ReligiousHistory #ReligiousStudies #WritingCommunity