Yosemite Meditations for Women
by Linda Sechrist I
n her forward to Yosemite Meditations for Women, Lorraine Anderson, author and editor of Sisters of the Earth, wrote, “Yosemite National
Park is a place of transcendent beauty in the middle of what John Muir called the “Range of Light.” For those who visit with the eyes to see and the ears to hear, it is an invitation to return to our true nature. Stirred by the music of Yosemite’s moving waters, the majesty of its granite faces, the lushness of its forests and meadows, the abundance of its animal life, the radiance of its mountain air, we remember how securely we are woven into this web of life we are. We rest for a time in the vast freedom of that knowledge.” It was as effortless for Anderson to write this
inspirational forward as it was for Claudia Welsh to find the right quotes for her husband, Michael Frye’s photographs, which make the book a medita- tive read for any nature lover. This was largely due
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to the fact that Anderson, Welsh, and Frye have had memorable encounters with the magic of Yosemite National Park, which reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Welsh and Frye lived, worked, and raised their
son in Yosemite amidst the ever-changing light that illumines granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams and Giant Sequoia groves. “In 1984, Michael and I met while working for the main concessioner at the time, Yosemite Park & Curry Company. We fell in love, married, and our son Kevin was born in 1990. I became the book buyer and then the manager for The Ansel Adams Gallery adjacent to the Valley Visitor Center. Michael stayed at home to take care
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