Prayer

PRAYER
2 : the act of  praying to God .

Please send down the power to Nebraska  (a broken ankle).

Repeat visits - traditions

February - Banff Mountain Film Festival
July - Canoe the Saco
Summer - Maine State Music Theater
September or April - Three week tour MN/NE/SC and points between.
February - LL Bean discount clothes.
Branson times two and Grand Ole Opry times two.
Various gardens VA/AL/NE/WI/HI/TN.
Mammoth Cave, Ruby Falls.

Wish list repeat Rose Parade.
Our ocean property - The bench.
Our country estate - seven gardens.

Family visit.

Sons/ wives and daughters were here.
Wednesday to Monday.

The elders Rachel, Rose and Sarah now
old enough to visit in the Johnson
tradition. Grandpa enjoyed that.

Wedding enjoyed by all also.

July 4, 2010 - Down the Saco River

A tradition continues in an eight mile float. Saco River.
2010/2007/2006/2005/2004(2),2003(2),2002.
Nine floats.

The 2010 edition featured cooling clouds to start followed
by heat.  Fewer people and no trash on the sand beaches.
This was a Sunday float and rental costs were up.
One fee provides a canoe and transport to a choice
of put in locations.

Maine's Saco River starts in New Hampshire and joins the
ocean at Saco, Maine.The upper portion in New Hampshire
starts shallow and in dry years can be nearly dry. By the time it
enters Maine the float option is always available. In 2007,
we rubbed bottom on sand twice. The pollen line showing
previous high water marks was nearly five feet above
the 2007 level.

Kathy and I have floated (paddled) the river on a 13 mile
portion once and on the lower eight miles (of the 13 miles)
eight additional times. Each of our sons (with families)
have been part of the float at least once. Then rain
would chase us. Warm rain.

Your writing.

Write to clear the fog from the window of your soul.
A single letter (pick a w); gives us nothing.
A single word (pick the word write) close to nothing.

Now recombine twenty six letters into one word. Then cobble
together a few tens of words. Do you have an essay? Maybe?
One idea, one focus cobbled together by one person opens
a window on the soul. The window may be clear, cloudy or
something other? Examine your tens of words. Does the idea,
the focus remove some of the fog on the window of your soul?
 
Soul. The immaterial essence of an individual life.
Merriam-Webster's Eleventh Collegiate