I’m sitting at my pond on this frosty spring morning. The sun has been up for an hour or so. All is quiet and nothing is moving. A peaceful time. A time for deep thinking or no thinking at all.
And then I hear it, coming from the south, the sound of
geese flying. But the sound is not
right. The usual call of geese flying
this time of year is one of joy, at least it sounds that way to me. The geese are returning from their winter
haunts to the North, to start new families, see old friends (I think that’s
what they do), and explore familiar territory.
The sound I hear is a sorrowful sound. Soon I hear its source, one lone Canada
goose, flying low and calling a sound I've not heard before. The goose flies low over my pond, constantly
calling. Has this lone goose lost its
mate (Canada geese mate for life) and is searching for it? Is this lone goose, injured and not able to keep up with the rest of
the flock, which has flown on without it?
Soon the lone goose disappears over the tree line to the
north, and a bit later the sound disappears as well. As quiet returns to my pond, I continue to
think about this lone Canada goose, calling so plaintively, and I wonder about
its fate, as I wonder about all who are lonely in this world.
THE OLD TIMER SAYS: There is much to learn sitting quietly
by a pond.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tuesday, April 7,
6:30. Heritage Hill Museum, Green Bay. Garden Wisdom
Tuesday, April 14, 7:00
p.m. Friends of Eau Claire Library. Eau Claire, WI. Stories from the
land.
Sunday, April 19, 7:00
p.m. Lebanon Historical Society, Lebanon Community center. Stories
from the land.
Monday, April 20, Noon. Fox Valley Book
Festival, UW-Fox Valley. Whispers and Shadows
Wednesday, April 22,
6:30 Patterson Memorial Library, Wild Rose. Mid-Wisconsin Launch of Whispers
and Shadows. Fundraiser for the library.
Friday, April 24, 8:00
p.m. Ice Age Trail Org. Wis. Dells, Winter Green Resort. Old Farm
Tuesday, April 28,
6:30 Black River Falls Library, Sky Line Golf Course. Stories from the land
Purchase Jerry’s
DVDS and his Books from the Patterson Memorial Library in Wild Rose, Wisconsin
(a fund raiser for them):
The
library now has available signed copies of Jerry’s DVDs, Emmy Winner, A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps and Jerry Apps A Farm Story.
Also
available are several of Jerry’s signed books including The Quiet Season (on which the DVD A Farm Winter is based), as well as Rural Wit and Wisdom and Old
Farm, (which are related to the DVD Jerry
Apps a Farm Story). Also available is Jerry’s new novel, The Great Sand Fracas of Ames County.
Contact
the library for prices and special package deals.
Patterson
Memorial Library
500 Division Street
1 comment:
Loneliness is getting more attention just now. Just as guns and gun control can be included in public health problems, so can human loneliness. The Time newsletter this week includes an article on the health consequences of loneliness http://time.com/3747784/loneliness-mortality/?xid=newsletter-brief
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