I went for a walk in the woods
quiet and stillness
of the forest
I smiled
I meandered along a gentle stream
of flowing water
gurgling
I relaxed
I ran my fingers over long prairie grasses
falling back to the sway
of the wind
I breathed deep
I swam in a granite-bottomed lake
black water clean
as soap
I was cleansed
I paddled through a marsh
a symphony
of red-winged blackbirds
My spirit soared
I looked into the eyes of a doe
standing by a tree
while grazing
I was forgiven
I hiked amongst boulders
on trails
of my ancestors
I felt strong
I climbed to the top
of the highest mountain
and looked below
I could see clearly now
I went for a walk in the woods
my soul
filled
I had changed
Beautiful, Jeff. Thank you
Robert G. Longpré
Jeff,
Your work points out the rather unarguable fact that being tuned into nature promotes a more balanced psyche.
The main reason for my comment may seem spurious, but all such matters are interconnected and mutually supportive I believe. I am also a writer, and a photographer, and live most of the time in the woods in the Moose Mountains in southeast Saskatchewan.
I am actually trying to track down an email address for Robert G. Longpre, who is the only other person to comment on your blog. I know that you can’t give me his email address, but I was wondering if you would give HIM my email address?
I stumbled across him (and that led me to your blog) while researching a far northern community in Saskatchewan called Stony Rapids. I believe that Robert was a school administrator there or at Fond Du Lac for two or three years. My interest in the town is that I want to use it as a base from which to travel to a remote northern lake called Cree Lake as a summer retirement activity. My specific question for Robert is whether or not it is possible to travel by a low draft boat (such as an air boat) from Stony Rapids to Cree Lake up the Cree River.
Thanks in advance.
Charles