"When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free." - Wendell Berry, "The Peace of Wild Things"
Moved to Maine from NY in 1996. Married to Cara with three children (Jake, Jessie and Eve). I have a nice, quiet life, working at the elementary school a couple of miles from our home (which is situated on 40 acres of beautiful woods).
"When despair for the world grows in me
ReplyDeleteand I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free."
- Wendell Berry, "The Peace of Wild Things"
Fantastic pictures- this looks like a foot!