Tag: lake
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March 21, 2024
50 Trips Around the Lake, #5 last day of warning winter skips spring calls for summer buds still unburst observe lake free of ice where wind-swept water and sun, reflected, dance moon waxs gibbous above blue winter sky unperturbed by the wind but leaves piled loose and dry rattle and shake surprised they’re not frozen…
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March 1, 2022
Early morning, up north at the cabin. Every time I look at this picture and see the trees, the lake, the moon, I think of a quote from E. B. White: “All I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.” Yes. That. Good morning.…
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July 31, 2018
I watched the Blood Moon rise over a lake in Northern Minnesota. I was in a cabin filled with people (and dogs) I love. There was a fire in the fireplace. I thought: how many more full moons will I see rise? And then I thought: I’m seeing this one. Lucky me. Reactions: 1.3K Comments:…
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February 20, 2018
I’ve been talking a lot of walks out on the lake. The wide-open vastness of it all is moving—it reminds me of just how small and alone I am. And then, too, there is the sky, which forms a blue bowl over the lake and makes me feel cradled, held, and not alone at all.…
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August 25, 2015
Dispatch from the cabin: sunset on Round Lake. I look at this picture–at my friends—and I think: is all that light coming from the sun? Or is it emanating from those people gathered together? Both, I guess. There is always light to be seen if you look. And even more light to be found in…
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November 26, 2013
November 24, 2013: Sunrise over Ten Mile Lake. Fire in the fireplace. Dog on the couch. Coffee in hand. Friends all around. These words are here, to remind myself: I was there. I am here. I am happy. Reactions: 340 Comments: 19 Original Post