March 7, 2012
by David Ryan
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The Gentle Art of Wandering has finally arrived from the printer and is now available for purchase. The book is already available at Amazon.com and the book’s website, www.gentleartofwandering.com. Eventually it will be available at hiking and outdoor recreation stores.
If you have any questions, please call (612-889-9640) or email (davidryan@msn.com) David Ryan.
March 6, 2012
by David Ryan
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If you read Other Stairs, Other Places in The Gentle Art of Wandering (page 57); you know that Bisbee, Arizona has several public stairways.
Bisbee is an old copper mining town in the mountains of southeast Arizona. Because the town is built in a narrow mountain valley, many of the houses in the older part of town are on hillsides. Over time stairs were built to make it easier to get around. Continue Reading →
February 24, 2012
by David Ryan
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A little over 70 years ago, in the fall of 1941, 20th-century photographer, Ansel Adams, was driving back to Santa Fe, New Mexico, after spending the day taking photographs in the Chama River valley. As he glanced at the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in far off distance to his left, he noticed the light from the setting sun behind him reflecting off the headstones in the burial ground of a small church in front of him and off the clouds above the mountains. He knew immediately that it might make an exceptional photograph. If you have read The Gentle Art of Wandering, you could say that his search image capability noticed the reflection. Continue Reading →