[Life in MT.]
snow.
20 Decvacation.
23 Sep![]() |
the drive. |
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a walk thru the woods. |
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this is what nighttime looked like. |
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a short hike along the st.croix on the way home. |
wildness of the wilderness.
20 Sep
where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk,
and hear the booming of the snipe;
To smell the whispering sedge where only
some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest,
and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground.
At the same time we are earnest to explore and learn,
we require that all things be mysterious unexplorable,
that land and sea be infinitely wild,
unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable.
We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor,
vast and titanic features:
The sea-coast with its wrecks,
the wilderness with its living and decaying trees,
the thunder cloud, the rain that lasts three weeks
and produces freshets.
We need to witness our own limits transgressed,
and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.
Closing my laptop now. More about this retreat and my time away later.
hammock love.
9 Sepgarden remix.
26 Jun![]() |
one of the two big blue pots on either side of the front garden. |
Front garden:
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before. |
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after. [with two blue pots on either side, just on the outside of the photo.] |
Corner garden:
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a corner garden with two new pots. |
Back garden:
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before. |
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after. |
[summer list.]
23 JunHeck, June is almost over as it is! In the hustle and bustle, I’m attempting to make the most of it.
That means it’s list time, people. And it’s all about rest, rediscovery, and joy.
. Find and embrace Sabbath time. We all need that. Often more than we even know until we take it.
. Get out of town! Opportunities for this and places tbd. [With the exception of Stillwater next weekend already on the calendar. Gieseke B&B bound!]
. Find myself in a canoe or kayak on the water as often as time will allow. [Finding a man with a Subaru Outback and two kayaks strapped to the top would be a great alternative to this, but I’m not holding my breath.]
. Learn to let things be. I’m pulling back on pushing certain church work things through … maybe they just need to be instead of pushed. There are other things on which I can spend my time.
. Read. I already feel this being a huge stress relief at work, as I made time each day this past week.
There’s more. There’s always more. But this is a good place to begin.
I’ll keep you posted [as always].
vacation: it’s over.
9 Jun![]() |
rock art on the breakaway. |
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the harbor. |
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Cascade River State Park |
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Gooseberry Falls |
vacation: post four.
6 Jun![]() |
Artist’s Point |
vacation: post three.
5 Jun![]() |
lunch. |
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this cold water makes me fearful for my kayaking adventure. |
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split rock lighthouse. |