The Old Conservationist

Essays by Russell E. Vance, III PhD

Monday, July 13, 2020

Nature will prevail

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    Isn't it amazing how nature can carve mountains and move boulders like this. This is the rock which we use to make monuments t...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

From street to court room

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     Some of us still remember the 1960s when millions of us took the the streets of Washington D.C. and other major cities to protest s...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

First Rule of Life

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     I had the great privilege of studying with the Dalai Lama a number of years ago.  I was just one of probably 200 students, but wh...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

Destroyers of Inner Peace

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Photo credits: NPR      As I have been contemplating and writing essays about peace, I came to the disturbing realization that our soc...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Hope lies in the wilderness

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     Hope lies in the wilderness.  Life comes from nature.        The large chunk of limestone, which most likely fell from the...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Miriam and Todd

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detail of "Dome City" by Jeff Brown Graphics     Miriam lay naked on the old mattress looking up at the floor joists just a...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

White Supremacist Racism (WSR)

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Picture credits: Houston Chronicle.       The world is trying desperately to deal with racism and white supremacy but the more we ...
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Russell E Vance, III PhD
Columbia Falls, MT, United States
Russell E. Vance, III, PhD. is a retired psychotherapist who, after retiring, has followed his passions and dreams. He currently lives a nomadic RVer’s life spending over 90% of his life off-the-grid far out into the Sonoran Desert or in the dense cedar and hemlock forest of Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana where he and Pamela served as volunteer campground hosts for 8 years. An unabashed tree-hugger and environmentalist, Russ’ post-retirement advocation became wildlife management, living among and helping keep deer, mountain goats, big horn sheep, bears and other creatures safe. Living in their 21ft RoadTrek RV, Russ enjoys spending his evenings writing stories. He has published two novels, four novella, and runs a Facebook page.
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