Manifest Destiny

The strictest monks in Catholicism are “Cistercians of the Strict Observance,” usually known as Trappists. They pray six times a day, beginning at 3:30 a.m. Thomas Merton was a Trappist,…

Backpacking in the Hetch Hetchy wilderness,‭ ‬you feel both its vastness and sublimity,‭ ‬and a heartbreaking truncation.‭ ‬Magnificent waterfalls plunge over the cliffs,‭ ‬only to fall into a huge reservoir.‭…