Hello, My name is Ashley
(last name removed) and I'm from the fairly small town of Crossville, Tennessee.
Wolves have been my passion for about four years, and within this time I have managed to find out quite a
bit about the most beautiful and majestic animal that has ever graced the earth.
I'm sending this to you because it really touches me to accidentally stumble across a site as amazing as this one.
I have a wolf forum, which has been running about two years now, and I've tried to keep it alive and running.
I was curious about what would happen if I typed in what I called my forum and happened to see this site.
Once I clicked on the link I listened to the many
beautiful wolf howls
you had so graciously put up, watched the
hunt of the moose clip, and finally
found the
free wolf photos.
You have amazing talent in photography. I will gladly admit I saved every picture and am definitely going to post
a link to this site on my forum so that the member and guests won't have to miss out on such a wonderful thing.
You have made a very informative site that doesn't have the "professional" feel to it. The "air" I received from
this site is like the wolf itself.Calm and peaceful...but ready to make it's point.
I really love what you've done with this..it really gives the Wolf a very good name. Thank you and never let your wolf
spirit die!
Always Howling, Ashley
(Casey's Note: I didn't take any of the photos on this site - although I wish I had!)
Please please finish
your book, Wolf Kindred Spirit! Is there anymore u can post yet? You have a guaranteed buyer right here!
I know the boundary waters in Minnesota well, in particular Knife Lake. Have you ever been there?
In the mid 80's I went w/my late husband camping & fishing in very early spring or very late fall.
Exactly 5 portages to get there from Moose Lake. We made it up there once in only 8 hours!
After that I knew the meaning of total exhaustion and pain! But how it was worth every second
of aching muscles and sore shoulders to reach a place such as that! Such peace and tranquility
I'm not sure exists anywhere else on earth.
For the last 20 years I've felt great serenity each time I think of one particular place.
It had been a very windy day, nearly white caps on Knife and of course the wind was in our faces :).
After paddling hard for at least 2 hours we finally came upon a small break in the pines and paddled
into a small pond (which eventually lead into Cherry Lake). The pond was deep, the water so achingly
crystal clear you could see effortlessly down to the bottom. But what struck me so intensely, after
the howling and rush of the wind, was the complete and utter stillness, as if a door had been closed
against that furious windstorm. Not a single ripple nor rift of a slight breeze disturbed the surface
of the water that was surrounded by towering and swaying pines. I felt I was in a cathedral, what you
referred to as that unheard, "Shhhh." I felt so awed, so stricken by the silence and beauty I couldn't paddle.
I just sat drifting, mouth agape, awestruck. After all these years I remember it's complete serenity,
the distinct feeling it gave me that I was safe. It was a gift from God. A gift which has never stopped
giving of itself to me. It's the place where I go, as you do physically to the woods, when life becomes
very difficult and it's sometimes hard to remember one's blessings.
As to the wolves.... Words can never do justice to their majesty, their wild beauty and grace.
For so many years I have wanted to do the same thing you actually do! Go out into the woods, hoping,
praying to catch even a glimpse of just one. Alas, I live in the city as you did and have no woods
even close to me much less the boundary waters so I suppose it must remain a little air castle I go
to now and again. I do my part as much as I can to help support the wolves belonging to Defenders
of Wildlife and I just joined the International Wolf Center. They offer "Learning Vacations" which
I might take next year.
The wolf, so noble and so fiercely misunderstood it is a pity, a crime against nature itself.
But thank God they're on their way back!! And thanks to you and people like you who take the time and
put in such effort to make sites like yours! You do a great service to us all by helping to teach others
that wolves are an integral and beautiful part of our earth and all it's frail ecosystems.
Thank you for such a great site and the opportunity to share a little part of myself.
I look forward to more updates especially from your book! Keep up the great work, thanks again!
ps I don't know if you do this or not but feel free to email me with any updates or links or thoughts
you might have.