Oct. 21 | The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

Picking wildflowers and shouting at children in the most beautiful place on Earth
Searching and finding absolutely anything at any time, including a list of 10 core values

Snow leopard sight: the upper Suli Gad
At home: autumn leaves

Himalayan tahr
photo @ Michail Jungierek

Snow leopard sound: dark silences deepened by the roar of stones
At home: popping corn
Snow leopard touch: the cold breath of the torrent, dry air softened by mist
At home: steamy bathroom
Snow leopard word of the day: Kanjiroba
Snow leopard quote of the day: "...the great sins...are to pick wild flowers and to threaten children."
Snow leopard notable: scarce wildlife - moon bear, red panda
Snow leopard extra: misgiving, regret
At home:

"Finally an insightful friend, a painter, pointed out that my fiction and nonfiction in their various forms were only different facets of a single immense work—the same rage about injustice, the same despair over our lunatic destruction of our own habitat and that of other creatures. An evocation of our splendid earth and an elegy to the land and life that is being lost—both lie at the heart of my fiction and nonfiction." — Peter Matthiessen interviewed by Howard Norman, "The Art of Fiction No. 157" in The Paris Review

Snow leopard gratitude: Earth's beauty, water - mists, falls
At home: Earth's beauty - autumn leaves; accessibility of information - Google

Panthera progress: evolving, but quickly enough the meet the goal?

What is this? Blogging The Snow Leopard project.

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