"Bears are made of the same dust as we, and breathe the same winds, and drink the same waters. A bear's days are warmed by the same sun, his dwellings are overdomed by the same blue sky, and his life turns and ebbs with heart pulsings like ours and was poured from the same fountain." - John Muir
Slideshow: Bess 2011
Some come into our lives and leave paw prints on our hearts,
and we are never the same.
SLIDESHOW: Bess 2012
“It is very peaceful with the bears; the people say that's the reason human beings seldom return."
From the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
From the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko