Today’s photo and haiku are in response to another haiku writer who recommended that I read “The Only Kayak” by Kim Haecox,
Jeanne, I have read The Only Kayak. As a matter of fact, I kayaked Glacier Bay in 1977, about the same time as the book. It was an awesome experience and we (my first wife and I) escaped disaster and,in all likelihood, death by the narrowest of margins. An unexpected act by Mother Nature actually saved us.
It was one of my most intense adventures ever. Talk about mindfulness!!! Our entire lives depended on the weather and the tides and how we read them. It was an exercise in being totally present and immersed in Nature. Our very lives depended on it.
In talking about wild places Kim Heacox wrote: They are disappearing from maps and memories like leaves off trees. By saving or losing wild places we will ultimately save or lose the best parts of ourselves. Amen
One thought on “Photo and Haiku for 13 February 2024”
There are still places where one can be totally present in wilderness surround, although it is an experience that is difficult to describe to others who have not had such immersion.
There is, however, a search for natural surround that continues, and indeed, has been newly taken up as the plague quarantines left people bereft of outdoor experience, and an inner propulsion seems to set people out into natural realms near and far.
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There are still places where one can be totally present in wilderness surround, although it is an experience that is difficult to describe to others who have not had such immersion.
There is, however, a search for natural surround that continues, and indeed, has been newly taken up as the plague quarantines left people bereft of outdoor experience, and an inner propulsion seems to set people out into natural realms near and far.
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