Maine Maritime Museum August 12, 2020

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Popham Beach August 11, 2020

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climbing on rocks

Climbing easily over huge seaside boulders

Infused with colorful veins scoured by the tide

Admiring the striated patterns underfoot etched in the rock 

As I step smoothly up and down from one to the next 

Peering below at the swirling crashing waves

Confident in my balance and the grip of my soles

So special to be able to do this as an old man

Even with binoculars dangling and camera in hand

This could be my younger self on the rocks in Marblehead harbor

Or scrambling over the fallen talus under the Hudson Palisades

Or hiking up the summit cone of Mount Washington

Before taking giant steps down to Lake Tear of the Clouds

These rocks are so much older than human life 

That in comparison I was born just this instant

Here I feel not so old as I look around at the natural world 

Viewing the sky out across the water to the distant horizon

Standing here alive and intact on solid bedrock in Maine

Able  to move effortlessly at the edge of the continent

Quietly celebrating reaching a personal annual milestone

The memories of a lifetime merge into this perfect moment

Coastal Maine Botanical Garden August 10, 2020

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