Retreat 2014

  • Otter LakePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Day OnePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Karen Sharpe ReadingPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Day OnePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Clair Degutis Relaxing On The PorchPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Becky Rule, Reading, The LakehousePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Gordo Elliot ReadingPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Chickens Like PoetryPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Mealtime at the B.C. Harris CenterPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Jim Beschta, Reading, The LakehousePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Maggie Kemp Photo by Robert Steele
  • John Hodgen, Reading, LakehousePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Clair Degutis Photo by Robert Steele
  • Pam BernardPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Mentos Engineer Dan LewisPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Kate ZebrowksiPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Denny Caldwell Ponders LanguagePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Does Mentos Fever Begin With Clair's SneakersPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Hodgen's Lost Cap, Rule's New BookPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Or Does Mentos Fever Begin With Karen's PlottingPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Kate Zebrowksi and Becky Rule Lead The Clamshell Alliance in Supporto of Mentos PowerPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Day OnePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Cows by GordonPhoto by Gordon Ripley
  • Heather Dupont Photo by Robert Steele
  • Horses Like Poetry TooPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Mentos Voyeurs From a Safe DistancePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Sunday Afternoon Mentos ParadePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Jim Beschta Relaxes On The PorchPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Grumbling RusticPhoto by Robert Steele
  • More Grumbling RusticsPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Deborah Sampson ReadingPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Pam Bernard, Reading, The LakehousePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Still More Grumbling RusticPhoto by Robert Steele
  • John Hodgen Carefully Holds The Fssionable CorePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Mentos ParadePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Fissionable Material And The TriggerPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Pam Discovers The Dangers Of Being Too ClosePhoto by Robert Steele
  • Mentos EruptionPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Karen SharpePhoto by Robert Steele
  • A Small Gift For Our ChefPhoto by Robert Steele
  • Maggie KempPhoto by Robert Steele

 

Some Musical Sounds for my Ears by Gordo Elliot

Riding on the whispering winds
I hear the music of Strauss in the night.
Riding on the whispering winds

Kettle drums from the deep throat
of Mt. St. Helens as she sings her song.

The ever-flowing Gulf Stream
with its passionate heat
Flowing to British Isles.

Above our group training
Mt Baker, a dull deep sharp snap
sends a 200 ton block of ice
sliding in to a crevasse.
Above our group training.

The campfire flickers yellow and orange
as Stan spins yards
at Tall Timber festivities.

The rhythmic swish
swish, swish of cross-
country skis on deep powder
above Lake Wenatchee.

The eerie howl of a lobo wolf
In New Mexico on a moon lit
Night in the dead of winter.

Laughter of Denise and John
with their clothes on
running across hot sand
Diving into Lake Wenatchee.
With their clothes on.

In Boynton Park the tap, tap, tap
of a pileated woodpecker
digging its nest in the dead sugar maple.

The peal of music from town bells
announcing noon
Boston Symphony time.

Purr of my 20098 Tacoma
with the blare of NPR music.

A good job well done
Thank you from my boss.

Silence screams
to be let in.