my friend and i set off for a walk in saginaw forest
sadly the tornado had taken down some of the trees
we climbed around and over
made our way through the paths
avoiding the lumberjacks and tree doctors
tending to the wounded and lost
as a bonus we also avoided the wood chipper
where those that could not be saved met their fate
after the forest
breakfast at the Korean cafe
brought a rainbow
sent through the window
right into my cup.
—
werifesteria – old English – ( verb)
to wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery, magic, or whimsy
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I love the word and when a rainbow joins one at the table. It’s sad about the trees, but hopefully the forest will grow again. There were so many trees destroyed by a tornado in nearby towns several years ago.
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A great word, and new to me. That rainbow in your cup is delightful. A sign for sure.
Best wishes, Pete.
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you are always good for a surprise, beth! thank you – the only bother i have is ‘what IS in your cup – apart from the rainbow’…. it looks ‘interesting’.
after a very rare tornado (called lothar), we once returned to switzerland for a christmas holiday, coming from england, and couldn’t get through at all to meet at my parents. we lost hours trying to navigate some, any way to get there and christmas was nearly over by the time we got home!
we now eat sometimes in a ‘Bäsebeiz’ (simple eating place with restricted hours, service, basic but ‘down to earth’) built from the felled lumber of ‘Lothar’, it’s called Lothar-Stübli and was 1st meant to be a stable, then a shooting range, but it turned out to be far too beautiful and cosy to be any of these, so it became this ‘resto’.
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It looks like the tornado did quite some damage! As someone who’s seen one too many horror movies, that photo with the wood chipper made me a feel queasy! 🤣 Korean for a post walk meal sounds lovely. 🌈
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