Hal Borland
Hal Borland
Harold "Hal" Glen Borlandwas a well-known American author, journalist and naturalist. In addition to writing many non-fiction and fiction books about the outdoors, he was a staff writer and editorialist for The New York Times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth14 May 1900
CountryUnited States of America
distance men wind
There are no limits to either time or distance, except as man himself may make them. I have but to touch the wind to know these things.
sight horizon october
October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.
distance fall autumn
Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?
nature simple sometimes
Nothing in nature is as simple as it sometimes seems when reduced to words.
winter two ease
There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues.
summer june long
Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
time discovery feet
All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.
eye america mind
He who walks may see and understand. You can study all America from one hilltop, if your eyes are open and your mind is willing to reach. But first you must walk to that hill.
wise wisdom men
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed.
weed rain simple
All man has to do is cooperate with the big forces, the sun, the rain, the growing urge. Seeds sprout, stems grow, leaves spread in the sunlight. Man plants, weeds, cultivates and harvests. It sounds simple, and it is simple, with the simplicity of great truths.
summer autumn moon
Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.
sports country boys
If you ever wondered why fishing is probably the most popular sport in this country, watch that boy beside on the water and you will learn. If you are really perceptive you will. For he already knows that fishing is only one part fish.
nature heart autumn
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.
kids weekend shopping
Weekend planning is a prime time to apply the Deathbed Priority Test: On your deathbed, will you wish you'd spent more prime weekend hours grocery shopping or walking in the woods with your kids?