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Walking with Thoreau. We trod the Maine woods.

I came to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately…and not, when I came to die, I had not lived.
Henry David Thoreau. “Walden.” 1854. Continue reading Walking with Thoreau. We trod the Maine woods.

Will PenningtonJanuary 20, 2023January 20, 20239 Comments
Poems

The Frog and the Granite Shore, Part I

I walked through a wood one summer’s day, Afternoon light dappled a forest glade; Lily pad in green-black pond and on it lay A frog whose languid croak appeared to say, As he scratched white belly in sun’s warm ray, I shall not move on this hot summer’s day.     Continue reading The Frog and the Granite Shore, Part I

Will PenningtonJanuary 13, 2020February 2, 20206 Comments
Poems

Progress

Deerhide moccasins (Hobnailed boots tread native path) Slip quietly away Continue reading Progress

Will PenningtonOctober 17, 2019October 30, 20193 Comments
Poems

Forest Magic

One day while in Maine I went for a hike on a sunny September day. I had often driven by the head of the trail but always had some other plan. But this day my goal was to trek to the end of the trail that captured my heart. Called Little Moose Pond, the trail wound on and I soon found my breath coming hard. … Continue reading Forest Magic

Will PenningtonOctober 13, 2019October 14, 201912 Comments
Photos, Poems

Primeval

  No trace left behind As footworn path slips away Forest echoes past Continue reading Primeval

Will PenningtonOctober 7, 2019October 9, 20194 Comments
Personal Essays

Old Speck

The tall, white mountain beckons, beckons me across the years to return, calls me to climb again his steep, rocky face by the trail beside the stream. The stream of cold, cold water that rushes down the mountain much faster than I will ascend the mountain, rushes by with a gurgle, a gurgle as if laughing at my slow, halting progress. Progress marked by lungs gasping for … Continue reading Old Speck

Will PenningtonJuly 14, 2014February 24, 20174 Comments
Poems

I Love To Sit On The Rocks At Ka’ena Point

I love to sit on the rocks at Ka’ena Point, and Wonder at the beauty of the sea; I love to stand atop Old Speck, and Gaze in awe at God’s handiwork about me; I love to lie in the open field Near Spencer Pond at night, and Ponder the vastness of the universe Spreading out before and beyond me; I love the simple joy … Continue reading I Love To Sit On The Rocks At Ka’ena Point

Will PenningtonJuly 6, 2014December 17, 20161 Comment

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