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
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.
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.
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.
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.
time discovery feet
All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.
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.
fall autumn men
Of all the seasons, autumn offers the most to man and requires the least of him.
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?
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.
failure next-week today
Time after time ... today's crisis shrinks to next week's footnote to a newly headline disaster.
nature simple sometimes
Nothing in nature is as simple as it sometimes seems when reduced to words.
time sun dimensions
Time has its own dimensions, and neither the sun nor the clock can encompass them all.
pride men years
The earth turns, and the seasons, and for all his pride and power man cannot temper the winds or change their course. They are the unseen tides that shape our days and our years.
pace matter leisure
There is a leisure about walking, no matter what pace you set, that lets down the tension.