Rachel Carson and Her Gentle Refrains Reach Us in the Sonoran Desert

Morgan Sjogren's "Path of Light"

Surprised by the joy of clouds at dawn today.

Rachel Carson has been traveling with us this entire trip.

I began rereading her books leading up to our departure. There's a connection between her work and my heart that is warm and familiar. She feels like a kindred spirit, and I hold her in the same church as John Muir, Mary Oliver, and Henry David Thoreau.

I admire Carson, not just for her books, but for her courage, beliefs, and how she lived right up until cancer took her too early from a world that needed her.