Solstice
This is the Gargantua road at Lake Superior Provincial Park, wearing her winter coat. When I hiked the Coastal Trail in August, the hedgerow was thick with blueberries and mushrooms. Ranger Tim, who has a Voyageur’s heart and is slightly nuts, camped here this week and sent the photo as my Christmas card. It arrived with the greeting: “May Santa bring you the clarity of spirit to behold your blessings, and rejoice in them.”
I pass that wish on to you. I don’t find Christmas an easy time, which puts me squarely in the majority of over-sixes. So I’m grateful for this snowy reminder that today was the solstice, and it gets brighter from here.
Sunday, December 21st 2003 at 6:53 pm
Over the course of the months since you have posted about Lake Superior, you’ve introduced us to Ranger Tim … he’s a special guy. Thanks for sharing his words.
Sunday, December 21st 2003 at 9:37 pm
that was lovely. thank you.
Monday, December 22nd 2003 at 9:52 am
Happy holidays, both of you. I’ll pass on your compliment, Wendy, and your book recommendation, Susan.
Monday, December 22nd 2003 at 9:57 am
Happy holidays, both of you. I’ll pass on your compliment, Wendy, and your book recommendation, Susan.
Tuesday, December 23rd 2003 at 4:47 am
Dervala:
I love that picture of snow from Ontario…reminds of what I miss most living on the Pacific coast at this time of year:
It’s coming on Christmas, they’re cutting down trees,
Putting up reidneer and singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on…
It don;t snow here, it stays pretty green,
I’m gonna make a lot of money and quit this crazy scene,
I wish I had a river,
I could skate away on…
I wish I had a river so long,
I would teach my fet to fly…
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on…
From “River” by Joni Mitchell.
Why do I always post seasonal Joni Mitchell lyrics in your blog?
Sigh.
Hello to Ireland, my other ancestral homeland. Irish Ojibways are a strange, pining bunch…