Episode Synopsis "EP 6 "The mountains are calling and I must go, and..." by John Muir"

A 7-minute time travel to the 1870s to find out what John Muir meant when he wrote to his sister, "The mountains are calling and I must go...".  There is a second part to this popular quote, and it's written a year after John Muir discovered his first glacier in the Yosemite.This is 1 letter out of John Muir's numerous books and correspondence, currently in process of being archived by University of the Pacific.It's countdown to election day. Are environmental practices on your ballot or part of what you look for in local candidates? Share with us by sending a voice message at http://anchor.fm/naturespirituality.  

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