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| Spring snow. |
Breitenbush Hot Springs
March 12-16, 2012
Yesterday is memory
Tomorrow is fantasy.
Off the grid
And silent.
We pay attention
To the present.
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| Two person cabins heated with water from the springs. |
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| Silence on the walk to the pools. |
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| The meadow. |
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| Natural pools with water from 104 to 109 degrees. |
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| Naked lady |
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| Here Where the mosses and mushrooms And goats beard lichens Mesh In a web of life Moist humus Embraces roots and borrows and nests. Here in the silence of the Northwest woods The moisture-laden air Hangs in limbo Between freezing and melting A drip A splat and splatter Collect in slushy puddles On the walkways And refract nature’s reflections On steaming pools. Seamlessly teasing out of winter’s cloak A colony of ladybugs Bask in a sunbreak And tiny green shoots Pop up in protected niches The season, still in embryonic quietude, Reveals its miracles If you take the time To notice. |
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| Labyrinth |
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| Sweat Lodge skeleton after 4 hour ceremony |
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| Woods and River |
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| Breitenbush River...run by Peter many times |
I
ReplyDeletewant
to
go there.
and
I
will.
with
you.
What a sanctuary. The snow gave it all a fairy wonderland feel, but I bet it has that anyway. Just the peace and silence offer so much room for creativity, thought and healing. Were you actually silent for 4 days?
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