A few faces from the Paha Sapa (Black Hills) of South Dakota this week.

After almost a month of travel for research and collaboration, I wanted a few days in the mountains to write and reflect. Here’s a little of what I saw.

It probably seems odd to drive so far to unwind after long travel but the Paha Sapa feels like a “thin space,” where my mind gets quiet and my heart opens wide.

(Images: bison and pronghorn antelope on short grass prairie.)

A bison stands alone on a grassy plain under a clear blue sky.A pronghorn antelope is standing in a dry, grassy field, looking towards the camera.A herd of bison graze in a grassy field under a cloudy sky.