Deep Thirst to Save the Shola

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Joshua Gray on the importance of protecting The Shola Forest in southern India.

Outdoor Date Ideas For Sunny Summer Love

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Want to get outside but need some date ideas? Check out this list of easy excursions for fun in the sun.

Easy Targets: The Top 10 in April on The Good Life

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Brought to you by the people who make aiming high, look easy.

Visit the Hemloft (Video)

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When one guy wanted some adventure in the great outdoors, he built a secret Hemloft.

The Colorado: America’s Most Endangered River

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A few clicks is all it takes to tell Congress to keep the Colorado River flowing.

100 Words from Men on Love: 4/6

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Love is in the air. A call for submissions.

Spring Dew

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

Spoon Jackson welcomes Spring with the declaration that “There is still beauty in cell bars.”

“There is pain in knowing you will never look into the eyes of a smaller part of you.”

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This is a comment by Mark Good on the post “Male Disposability: 1/19″.

Why We Run

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Long-distance runner Jeff Swain loses himself in the Allegheny Forest.

Dogs in the Garden

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When fences don’t work, Phil Keenan finds a new solution.

Wild Boys, Wilderness, and Woodcraft Rangers

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Predecessors of the Boy Scouts of America, Woodcrafters still bring nature-deprived boys out into the wilderness.

Life Lessons From My Cat

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We could live and love with abandon, if we were more like cats.

Rothko at Low Tide

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Given Rothko’s suicide, I found myself thinking about low tide, not in the nautical sense but as the emotional state a person is experiencing when considering ending existence.

Stepping Off

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Despair, and the recklessness of hopeless youth, contribute to the numbers of boys and men who “step off” this world. There are options, however, for those who remain.

“Shame is a pervasive evils that suppresses men from fully expressing their feelings.”

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These are comments by tgolden and James Nakamura on the post “The Man Behind the Mask”.

Road Trip: Tips for Making Lifetime Memories

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Jay Palter takes his 9 year olds on a summer road trip the whole family will appreciate now and remember, always.