Evelyn Waugh once wrote that in a place we have loved we should bury a little bit of gold. It seems that in certain places that are well loved, many joyous reminders spring to life -- not just in springtime but all year round. On a visit to the Catskills home of Hudson River School painter Frederic Church, we find a scenic spot and also wild reminders of the blessings of rural life. Photos and commentary at blog.amynelsonhahn.info
Implacable
Can we meet here
in a few short years,
just to see if the place has changed?
I for one doubt very much it will.
I have nosed about these hills
for most my days now
and found them somewhat implacable,
even abrupt in their refusal
to be altered:
curiously, I would venture
that something small will still remain
of our last visit here, some
fragmentary remembrance will
catch hold and grow,
will yet salute us when we return.
Copyright (c) 2011 Amy Nelson Hahn
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