looking into the river on a bright day in may
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“time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.”
-paul cezanne
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argo park, huron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa – 2023
May17
Category Archives: rivers
Jan19
partly cloudies.
when walking by the river
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“today is one of those excellent january partly cloudies
in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out in gilt,
and then the shadow sweeps it away.
you know you’re alive. you take huge steps,
trying to feel the planet’s roundness arc between your feet.”
-annie dillard
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huron river, argo park, ann arbor, mi, usa – january 2023
Apr13
a poem of motion.
early evening in the park on the river in spring
crew teams have returned with the birds.
—
“all were merged into one smoothly working machine;
they were, in fact, a poem of motion, a symphony of swinging blades.”
-Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: 9 Americans and Their Epic Quest For Gold at the 1936 Olympics
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argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – april 2021
Jul30
being empty.
aftermath of our afternoon trip down the river – 2020 style
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what started out as a promising enterprise
full of air and up on top
waylaid by the first set of cascades
day’s lazy dreams dashed against the rocks
so quickly deflated
yet just as suddenly
floated back up
found a way
after all
not as planned
this will always be remembered as the year that was
for so many reasons
that taught us how to make it to the end
safety vests strapped on and fingers crossed
even if we had to body surf our way through it
or borrow a raft now and then.
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“there is even rhythm in being empty.”
-miyamoto musashi
Jul19
shoes.
shoes left behind
no need for these when you find the river.
—
“let your shoes take you to where your happiness grows.”
-anthony t. hincks
Jun9
pizza on the move.
crossed paths with a pizza out for a stroll
on a mission
headed for the river
pizza was sliced and ready
to float
to swim
to shoot the cascades
perfect conditions today for a pizza.
—
“the closest thing I use to beauty products is the grease on the pizza from John’s Pizzeria.”
-mark feuerstein
Feb23
flow.
even beneath
the layers of snow and ice
the remnants of winter
not yet spring
the river emerges
never ceasing to flow.
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“be like a river. be open. flow.
-julie connor
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argo park, huron river, ann arbor, mi, usa – february 2020
Jul16
rejoice.
headed off on a family fun river raft float trip
not real relaxing as expected
but lots of adventures/misadventures instead
so many laughs and we all survived
who could ask for anything more?
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“rejoice as summer should…chase away sorrows by living.”
-melissa marr, darkest mercy
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argo park, huron river, Ann Arbor, michigan, u.s.a. – summer 2019
Jul8
no hurry, no worry.
floating down the river
ready for however long as it takes.
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“rivers know this: there is no hurry.
we shall get there someday.”
-a. a. milne
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argo park, huron river, ann arbor, mi – summer 2019
May29
rivers.
“in rivers, the water that you touch
is the last of what has passed
and the first of that which comes;
so with present time.”
-leonardo da vinci
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Irish hills, Michigan, usa – may 2019
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