tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49115753408151292772024-03-20T08:03:15.325-04:00.Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-43829569103082059282012-02-05T13:26:00.003-05:002012-02-05T13:30:42.849-05:00Updated Site!<div><br /></div><div>click below </div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.crookedblueline.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">Crooked Blue Line</span></a>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-9006147841119492532011-10-24T20:17:00.029-04:002011-12-07T20:57:32.237-05:00Under The Burn Of Going Without<div> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">All year long my skin whitened under the burn of going without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>-No travel in the most beautiful and aesthetic vehicle I know -no slap of wave against it’s hull <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>-no satin surface to carve with the wood of paddle -no taste of that freedom only a river or lake affords -only obligations and responsibilities ate at any true sense of that freedom<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeQOf_H9djCaFCIWbE4KpIK4ZOJV-3Jyfq1DuGsdPvPeC18t3QXt_J08ehLLsWqe-SpDUN4YPPNIVLjpvrO_pb_8nLtp522PMFeUeZjga6vzBcA9r4WVPBi-7K-ljpOaAJ3oX31gab_nC/s1600/DSC00549.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;">until i went alone </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">the big boisterous sky ahead<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">under a hot mid-October sun</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">on a rocky outcropping<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">in a Thermarest with</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">a beer </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">and a smoke</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">above the lip of Lake Umbagog<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">my skin ripening<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">my legs crossed</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">the wave against rock<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">discussing their fears <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">of the weakening economy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">the ignited hills above </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">gesturing towards the south<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">its orange airline traffic lights waving</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">the lone kayak passing by<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">complimenting the earth on her choice of weather<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">the tandem canoe in the distance clearly loafing in the sun<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">the bow adrift in no direction<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">the sequence skirt of the lake’s surface<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">showing off her goods<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">and my eyes when closed<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">were starry against the bright red <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">of that smoldering day<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p>hot enough for a swim </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuivRDua235HDOr60vIm5SJhyphenhyphentubXPk1w8gQ6TF2cLfnOa4wP94-rbbGZVYFIuAJcqWC7369LkHBrm3qoRvhFFyUpRLSZj1GdOQ8X01IoediySg9R2GrqqCXpXwBwHwhq1K_Z_xZ2xM9n/s1600/DSC00572.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVz-A7moEKzGLstkio1UecvTs4If0aHp99eoUzTZyK1MD6noflsNgX4XTFpyz5gCFpxuQMbC0xqiSBC8WN1up_RJhs2zpI50FOP-0pmVdnja79jSMDL47dMhstSLR7dpegua0eJaOVY36e/s400/IMG_9519.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667218689306033682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4RPO1p_uv32rhshjOnvreWRPJytRUhrOAyxFUIwZqLzaAqQAsqiOGu586-YttuzCqQK3eZ-sosM3Bsda2tzL6_Ys3srX9zzsnND-mSdST5jpKUEhQSdoeTS3mwtR_B2cygdvrxpAHZHV/s1600/smoked+trout.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4RPO1p_uv32rhshjOnvreWRPJytRUhrOAyxFUIwZqLzaAqQAsqiOGu586-YttuzCqQK3eZ-sosM3Bsda2tzL6_Ys3srX9zzsnND-mSdST5jpKUEhQSdoeTS3mwtR_B2cygdvrxpAHZHV/s400/smoked+trout.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667218112956478290" /></a><br /><br />“Time is an enormous, long river, and I’m standing in it, just as you’re standing in it. My elders are the tributaries, and everything they thought and every struggle they went through and everything they gave their lives to, and every song they created, and every poem that they laid down flows down to me – and if I take the time to ask, and if I take the time to see, and if I take the time to reach out, I can build that bridge between my world and theirs. I can reach down into that river and take out what I need to get through this world”<br /><br /></div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-5845618393315543412011-10-11T19:15:00.001-04:002011-10-11T19:15:49.113-04:00Going Solo<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30342532?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/30342532">Untitled</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8863991">rick beaty</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-23035862304982209852011-08-29T20:26:00.005-04:002011-08-29T20:32:40.130-04:00When You Can't Put Your Boat In A Cold New Hampshire River<div>
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<br />Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-81256221053426572042011-07-17T10:44:00.003-04:002011-12-07T20:56:30.663-05:00Bikerafting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyijbtw3KaDEkPzW8rVPaAYEbD9gwfXWVsb2mlvoC8kHkoz6Qa5hhHf_Sb0dGaVukYB0R_YSBgCljp-puxJSBtl7wdYsBPTr7x6sor507rVsST-f_BHsnLK9726E3lJ-jl8nsv52MviAYl/s1600/DSC00225.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyijbtw3KaDEkPzW8rVPaAYEbD9gwfXWVsb2mlvoC8kHkoz6Qa5hhHf_Sb0dGaVukYB0R_YSBgCljp-puxJSBtl7wdYsBPTr7x6sor507rVsST-f_BHsnLK9726E3lJ-jl8nsv52MviAYl/s400/DSC00225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630334476783632482" /></a>There's something Inspector gadget-like in pulling a fully capable class IV boat from your backpack...or even more -your noisy muddy pannier a craft capable of your 35lb pack AND your bike! The infamous Alpacka Raft has quickly become the most versatile paddle craft available. Your first time, blinds all others-it becomes impossible to forget the absolute and incredible fun packrafting in rapids alone can be, forget it's utility. It's like taking a recliner down a river only this lazy-boy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">carrys your food, your bed, your shelter and has room enough after all that -for a beer nestled between your feet.</span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sKv2nEMBCzlw4jAcLKvHf53T3CDNc3FtB5LDAze5fSSKWFqbEM-uWSe27xCb-Zdka_AMrz0FKEtogWmUvz_AUWA5m-g5VVfruGU2mKRVwNxvM_2XKV15-jsZYFMslnNhTzXxSutmOlmU/s1600/DSC00216.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sKv2nEMBCzlw4jAcLKvHf53T3CDNc3FtB5LDAze5fSSKWFqbEM-uWSe27xCb-Zdka_AMrz0FKEtogWmUvz_AUWA5m-g5VVfruGU2mKRVwNxvM_2XKV15-jsZYFMslnNhTzXxSutmOlmU/s400/DSC00216.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630334474751288626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TSfLAr_GYufh-iRzKuUNKXNw7xcLuuMQXAPXXtE9qfXJlVlwzXjWzkZshKb2UodiwnpEJCFw9mojC8DMdCIztSI_yrK_iORuQ8QHJJ2Umm4DDWbHoVvDB49AsIXLXBBUnFtIzSbs373l/s1600/DSC00211.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEize-A3_XgNY19drsIL8w5Rb6xUrSqKrVXk_9EM_-aVSNM3tzc9-YMGwOi0zsz_zsIwznt1pJMdk6bZSzjSrnnKsoKGCL2u7nLoR2-njWRJdJgpCknuf6vzI3ThZtsMVjSTZSL6yTWlRMcl/s400/DSC00222.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630334085558103858" /></a></div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-7986972836277423992011-05-27T23:38:00.014-04:002011-05-29T09:20:04.544-04:00Packrafting The Pemigewasset<img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKHxL-Nk6pkGsTgOWHuHukNj3bOuoCJZs8RfYVoHvR0T5UhIdH4a5SDdSZZs9hP1MdbToxuEsS4WDMjdY-zENtK4zPbr8qC93fDkHhpWx40NX4MqccCIHgelU2JwldMD7f-Yx06P1Ngp1/s400/IMG_6488.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611606839344284434" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8r_7Glob_09GKljnuYyPDoJwTIBzZqTngiPdH4XE0iEv4DYjU9Um3APUXuh_Z5cfjZQ65pIPrI25pTRVsqJvVWh6tTV1mGyjBetXyJWQwxBF5ZAybebc1FBChcUr65z0jEu_BiRWD-ve/s400/IMG_6487.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611606834446753010" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji81U_lb_USbx_6nF6LQpP-8PwfHl1knb8a4NyOaOE9x_oASQPe-MORnWQJg1aFkxbxiIcrRdqfgXZRgKzrBb0PM8tYUM8ZvpnVeh6UOglJzPLmmVZ_ZwfVmf0dFaiL2h91FU2ZpPMiBaG/s400/IMG_6481.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611606832396755394" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFjGZ5rZX9oIXy8qLdXYeALI0orFgoKKc70GiE4Xd2mM5l5bg17aP05vqYYRjKjou4wSh_SSzf3fm-G6tyH5nmfDu44iIDJHb0GWAhcTCZalHyUcrHCdIVFHy_Mgu_B3a7DcZwlHz7nlB/s1600/IMG_6489.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFjGZ5rZX9oIXy8qLdXYeALI0orFgoKKc70GiE4Xd2mM5l5bg17aP05vqYYRjKjou4wSh_SSzf3fm-G6tyH5nmfDu44iIDJHb0GWAhcTCZalHyUcrHCdIVFHy_Mgu_B3a7DcZwlHz7nlB/s400/IMG_6489.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611611563316531842" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3VP9dp3mOk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3VP9dp3mO</a>k</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Kank in the lonely White Mountain shoulder season</div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictLXxn6KgcyarWuS8NLOtSsdXFFzjlk8Ex8215mcVuOOIytlg60GZoJbQsGWeH0IDiVakRo2ulB2UuKcfvAD8s-MXrORsJEdRR-F1qHXYDVlioqE8447nlyrs5W4ltWoEJrPvUY9cuvSq/s400/IMG_6444.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611606572482564946" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvRi-uO4YyuHDIwns_N_FphsRg1f2FGWoV9p66o699NuPyCClxVL80tE8qgy9puBgfdjaTX4kg5dlIwli_AYYd6VJP9mzBApuEH-_yZVwlSfYorN8YRLvXIs6azed5ZNBpxuPcPof6Rck/s400/IMG_6461.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611606583861812146" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0erPGeON3jrjnNmW07noD1lrJBPV3b-okQZDK0uKkyTnEtr0tQnNL20mD7ec5Fc746FDG0IdjcP8tTXxe6LBrcfEpXvToA8M5w20dVOuOmCnhe3O5PIrI4Kp8tCv8v1ZAYxks4UL3ONBj/s400/IMG_6458.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611606577538272034" /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-1822763979502312232011-04-02T11:20:00.004-04:002011-04-08T17:26:01.834-04:00Last Tramp for Tea<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiz12_yU7JmFKZ5ePx3ARxhGGV-RpZe4mJ-_Vk2AjRy2WCTVGd4qIbTdK_VwY5xmXv0w2-4rL60A1wbADfoJUPn0C1nMravPpab6lLrPmEmZW5Ofap3jn-JmKszlU2CZa86BjnoIp4JfO/s1600/IMG_4676.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyiz12_yU7JmFKZ5ePx3ARxhGGV-RpZe4mJ-_Vk2AjRy2WCTVGd4qIbTdK_VwY5xmXv0w2-4rL60A1wbADfoJUPn0C1nMravPpab6lLrPmEmZW5Ofap3jn-JmKszlU2CZa86BjnoIp4JfO/s400/IMG_4676.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591008398673863234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc1Ma1e5h18JhouGBXa5C52OhKlW2pRTyLOz7erRRMRXuxHawSRWQ39f69KuuahexJvcRXKeDjku4WwIidJPILzVPI4XvoXNXZdIDVqyklX1SkXKBGMYjpieze82eoYMf4H3y024l0Hf_/s1600/IMG_4682.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnc1Ma1e5h18JhouGBXa5C52OhKlW2pRTyLOz7erRRMRXuxHawSRWQ39f69KuuahexJvcRXKeDjku4WwIidJPILzVPI4XvoXNXZdIDVqyklX1SkXKBGMYjpieze82eoYMf4H3y024l0Hf_/s400/IMG_4682.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591008397697681986" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaPlaxiPlJ0cYd_7zxL7E1E-i8VtQ08MFCcZW4I4nCzgi6STZ_B6XGgk78Hyu13sCTg5OMSqIiNJIpvEezwmJlf-0kZfxaIfIb-lnoDQy1rGPwRb1asmo6vj29X_L7ULN065usZAgzCXs/s1600/IMG_4664.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaPlaxiPlJ0cYd_7zxL7E1E-i8VtQ08MFCcZW4I4nCzgi6STZ_B6XGgk78Hyu13sCTg5OMSqIiNJIpvEezwmJlf-0kZfxaIfIb-lnoDQy1rGPwRb1asmo6vj29X_L7ULN065usZAgzCXs/s400/IMG_4664.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591008391217051586" /></a>When the cold cuts a bleed from the skin, theres no better liquor than the crunch of snow under snowshoe, bundled and wrapped. The faint flirt of sun fondling eyelids and the hoof of late winter stomping plumes from your throat. Nothing seems more fitting than a cup of tea under it's thawing thumb. Cutting trail, shoveling camp, carving kitchen from snow above the silence of ice edging into river and the creek of tree leaning into the swing of a warm hammock.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxkU6uknPEv4K40FrM0N0vue9bxPXfxP2aAV7nvZZ2Ao8OmQIieRVcE8-xcURdrO3bMeLEOj1eweEef3PVWJe_un5XIWmtMlnp9yerrCMFCJYqT7Y5PXrf3njKeKIShxbew_bAl1j2qAm/s1600/photo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxkU6uknPEv4K40FrM0N0vue9bxPXfxP2aAV7nvZZ2Ao8OmQIieRVcE8-xcURdrO3bMeLEOj1eweEef3PVWJe_un5XIWmtMlnp9yerrCMFCJYqT7Y5PXrf3njKeKIShxbew_bAl1j2qAm/s400/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591008388789346034" /></a>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-9930652602321979312011-02-20T14:26:00.020-05:002011-03-27T21:35:17.054-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhUeBuS8aABRN4Zqp33sjBu7w0n0CGDv58YQpXvdneqTsL4U8IKjwhmuBIcjmnV_LQX5LizY0ncAemXSfdupX92dcJoeAPmKnjoLbNNrBpYdCWjJkhd6x8J_bXigKgv8Z683sHM_Ej9Gy/s400/FH000011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575860173421196770" /><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirULlFM4sEVyn56vGzfnQZYGw9IffWjhTyCB9ZW7hXAhJxR08ogG48-8R_Sn1YSPdyZ5Kp9csb8jHTrI3cg1mB3VOTSJzPfIjeOnMWMtGYLkZilRJUaqc46Y6psOihkk2eE5ISkPGuqnL/s400/photo_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586687440365735874" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">the culture of suspended droplets, riveted in sheets to the mountainside swarming, congregating, propositioning and quiet</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTXn2xtXQg_Z1JIo0kR6eEvSDWGGamnTM_W5B2erO4jjyAY09Sf_esF-6fEesyluQ6RgpvwBeQIID3FsLL4_WeEWfP_Fh6FgI08yQuBAGS6Gg_3ixzAFWAPnhwsbJh2DdQJA_Xrspz6QD/s400/FH000008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586687433475684498" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEDCzHgN34QDSfGX954SPVXwomlAjs1jonSKpnwlwJB6sGBJdPsWf0iCIVJFcrsuzUiezRwKEJTZ6-sXdxz7iAxd5KR1svnir7fcN9DsqbB-3mrieAC_F_TNEVpQb_nMUjI4VARe6rU95/s400/FH000020.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575860165501917106" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXq_mUnwlPwRKpZeI0OqvTluvuqfiR1hTfumN8eMhuU_-0pIE1ABsq4kA7TC2P_aB8NoDVDU3BIxUj8cdRn7A1cXIfurAPeqPZZidalaoa1ElXjOMQcL-fIhJiRIHvjMNoDeLsHGyo9ZF/s400/FH000010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575860171140118114" /><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">quiet I say, as an arrangement of behavior unbecoming of quiet. quiet muddying the compass needle’s point, stung by frost -common looking quiet -until required to step through</p></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinI8qcANY42l9NWRhMu6HlR7nsbY-Bb92mppeTrC74m-OHUrJ6j3kzson_k_JIbY2hWbCjaGDzs7e5mYcJH3sh8DmAZuCBIar9GfQLHnAWODGD1uPuStBg0d3du3fIDni-XZoyI0MrkM2W/s400/FH000016.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588934370733144594" /></div><div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">and the curves, the swooping crowds of white pouring from the raked face of Allender Mountain, pour us as well, appearing from it’s folds without lack of clarity; we rummage through the vaporous waypoints</p><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7V96cyBaFopcwnPW1D_5y7qSiDGpbeeTO5oB5r_leeBEvJUykry52xXdLOo11ly0Wl-hxNuFomiuY8K2bCR-igZ4jOZUCvaobBV_muMbLgELhM9z-6fzNXvfiDh8B4268owl8EPKwK81K/s400/FH010005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575860160873282690" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3K_iffFP14_LHJjfDi7dCcdZDLYBZcJfDDAl1jZIptjg3nwtMswqcZAAa7SYPkOxb9hWl8gE_LSKhCt9nVOpuQwAVx4VOzqFtPOjkmsjGitMkVD15vTBjivq-8-z4JZYaXa0pO0zkDXm/s400/FH000006.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575859874697025170" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ORd67g9pB0mu3HipK6fUu0QO17p1JGlrlvio2S0tvisfoup9lpNBlqcR1VhQVg5YWC9YIADCEWX90Ts39FoMIM2ca9xf50dt55aeHWTTgnk32yVIf3UgCgIiltsQNMWPMvkcX05gWXKt/s400/FH000017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575859877163508418" /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-s4X_aTwoVBqeMeigQ8klarplMQT2quW5pcd6Tseu7HfAYfDHMatFG6GjkG6EP8QQ04u0yB41QBHmcXsFbNN7GPa8mhmQYn-rdpEpsQgOcg4XIRUjHaxxY9Rgz9Dol5AshqHWascXdpG/s1600/FH000004.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-s4X_aTwoVBqeMeigQ8klarplMQT2quW5pcd6Tseu7HfAYfDHMatFG6GjkG6EP8QQ04u0yB41QBHmcXsFbNN7GPa8mhmQYn-rdpEpsQgOcg4XIRUjHaxxY9Rgz9Dol5AshqHWascXdpG/s400/FH000004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575859868490261234" /></a><div> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnBRoVjE8XFeLetdiDofi9PInt0P__b4tAJ2imXgc6XHFjXEJ963qTnRE5sXUF9IPamo9GdP-Zr-J9I2Yj6Gp0aKcKbreaZnrYYFJ3jFCXiDBneN5iEzqwvqIrz7ADWKb5vc_yFnA_hMm/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588938067614306034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">we are</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">after all</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle">not looking for the trail<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><br /></span></p></div></div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-34869334140931026232011-02-20T13:47:00.005-05:002011-02-20T15:30:30.722-05:00Dutch Oven Sourdough<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can almost smell the aroma wafting through camp. The river as slow as bread is to rise. A little flour and water, mixed over a hundred years ago, bubbling in a jar in a dry bag, just waiting to be as beautiful as its surroundings.</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHx47NxDuSJGkd6JAHzImdnrnD5nW2GEIRF86Wc-SpY8alP0JOkMwCzEAhALjlDSg-6CUQNnBI5tyFwP_2bSvQpGmvfJd7ANsW1wkG9LX6hZk4aiK2LIx_fckrTJaqfk1HFIT9foaHX8Xv/s1600/IMG_5388.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHx47NxDuSJGkd6JAHzImdnrnD5nW2GEIRF86Wc-SpY8alP0JOkMwCzEAhALjlDSg-6CUQNnBI5tyFwP_2bSvQpGmvfJd7ANsW1wkG9LX6hZk4aiK2LIx_fckrTJaqfk1HFIT9foaHX8Xv/s400/IMG_5388.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575845427424996418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUofrjOjLX7gxbiOdL-7fR04PhISdMII1W-IoQUEhHAkARgbVgD4uii_R9fiPSnLUCSYoSATqVRNHc3JXe5RkFzVTSLDLTRzf12iuHCiPaTX3VXL7tqxQBjaZmqB-F0B4kG2Kpi7AUUTW/s1600/IMG_5384.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUofrjOjLX7gxbiOdL-7fR04PhISdMII1W-IoQUEhHAkARgbVgD4uii_R9fiPSnLUCSYoSATqVRNHc3JXe5RkFzVTSLDLTRzf12iuHCiPaTX3VXL7tqxQBjaZmqB-F0B4kG2Kpi7AUUTW/s400/IMG_5384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575845420274203938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaoVZFT4Xd6um5SbYkT9zKrLNZUDuL825I4IluLvD4mRvMUG7-_8n5Vfgx-N044tmgNjCoI3D6VKlibpEFWm25INYYz37-sxRkCPCIP_GZ1n-hofGlMhtdN7MVoblUCGb7HPdZB1Bm6Nx/s1600/IMG_5379.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaoVZFT4Xd6um5SbYkT9zKrLNZUDuL825I4IluLvD4mRvMUG7-_8n5Vfgx-N044tmgNjCoI3D6VKlibpEFWm25INYYz37-sxRkCPCIP_GZ1n-hofGlMhtdN7MVoblUCGb7HPdZB1Bm6Nx/s1600/IMG_5379.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaoVZFT4Xd6um5SbYkT9zKrLNZUDuL825I4IluLvD4mRvMUG7-_8n5Vfgx-N044tmgNjCoI3D6VKlibpEFWm25INYYz37-sxRkCPCIP_GZ1n-hofGlMhtdN7MVoblUCGb7HPdZB1Bm6Nx/s400/IMG_5379.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575845417649432258" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"I rolled up some bread and tea in a pair of blankets </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">with some sugar and a tin cup and set off." </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When asked what kind of bread he took to the mountains,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> John Muir replied, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Just bread." </span></span></span></div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-57705830068097902332011-01-31T19:18:00.003-05:002011-01-31T19:25:02.345-05:00Waiting, Waiting...<div>I'm chomping at the bit, whittling the time away, scratching at the itch, to get out there, but the snow just doesn't want to stop.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03YMLRWs-fNgQRTksoc0HHCqu1-sKmy_E-prFm5tgOnt5TeQYIkjRplEikNBONRMdo2u2tEs3dmwDXDKAkTbWA5rKiWOpGQoFoo56sr2FVD84Ob2OjR9PAk3XaYdzFpfTai6o5MNWnfRh/s1600/IMG_1599.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03YMLRWs-fNgQRTksoc0HHCqu1-sKmy_E-prFm5tgOnt5TeQYIkjRplEikNBONRMdo2u2tEs3dmwDXDKAkTbWA5rKiWOpGQoFoo56sr2FVD84Ob2OjR9PAk3XaYdzFpfTai6o5MNWnfRh/s400/IMG_1599.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568508998889663474" /></a>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-65906499955412814632010-08-24T20:35:00.032-04:002010-08-31T18:58:22.495-04:00low-fi and quite-lightweight<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509144422755895026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiBKxVIAf5nZJy-9N6adjUFcDIWdsxQ0prEqakb3ptxG8PU0WP2xmu2XvvWgJ9PH4nkqWNRbu37PYg7DvrFwGrzvEYtvIqjfYyeSgo5Dk9pvjIa5MYIT6j6XfXlKMgx4msUiyd67iSKwB/s400/FH030005chairs.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509144333411371090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1suiCLjIImHdDUOCoDPBMVI7r2fBX2Tlsco0VI2uukK3vRyikU5O2Uez3xCInRVWZ30w2Ntd1CgiWDYX7kEvodrTEuD6OAxIAb09CvxR8He4koZwfsOvP2ZjLkO8VXCXlw0pQgwo4SM8/s400/FH030001.jpg" border="0" /><div>I didn't want the extra 6 lbs of lenses and tripods, cameras and cases. I didnt want canon sureshot-snapshots of campy faces, I wanted lightweight and control over aperture so I brought along the Holga, the best and worst of modern photography.<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4_tHSbZGSmiQ-pvxat81JxeNeAs9X1gqc8DDYE_TKI39Jxh3MA8eiLyXznUY1A27sJGxDQ0BQH1F9yiY_zg4UpfaFBXkywgr6YU_tdBub14MMkYHd1E7KPIe32QzB2Wh68eHEdyCyd-l/s400/FH000017ghostlake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511710465544151074" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509144226988557154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dbNGLpKcT2X7JgjcaKm-y2or_F-XnCGLtwHyDmn4tBHCSGrotLxM1V5KRBUh1D2-br2h2w_Al3W76f4Mq0r2U8OzCq0GnydkkLqA_SgJNMi7piju2DjG8XB42bF0tkS9_wW4HnxUsC35/s400/FH030002.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509142173797915570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDQTdcptA0x01AYe5pxgDZyEd1vnSmPicF63FYvtxc5fyp8t1m0vap71qH1Z7qaINjfk0UfqUQopbvKqwqLaiC98p6c3Q6ng1qWxQlQxpoSN5QbHDF4lrbDZHkRxJSI4VSPeo5jErBjtF/s400/FH020019.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509143982530124306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceOpxQzODW9LJuJ3dZQWiEt_0V9I8VTwi9DL0lEhAcxZpKUJb996pCpLbvxuPtPA7feWBJojtC2bGXxKSI7ndz543CgOt-CTBo1aAAp84r_TpZC2V5uc-zuIQpMWnwTTGVqC8PKB9JHkN/s400/FH030003.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509141722205465074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-s5UFlz_EkgDW6dYUg_jvgho0iFwqAp31j7lRXlBthV0pM6sr7fs6S8hfm6brRUppWvnBDyBCF1b7VaCOoF0i8NdOlGL_0XwvOJIeEu1O63KIIXy3PHV9kerIOVpimZs1LmeCqdPx8hN/s400/FH010018water.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>Up the steep thin collar toward Nancy Cascades along the granite stairs only New Hampshire allows,<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509141671206316754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVMwxmVQKXUb9a532H5wj1TDbsiBr7LzX-yrMjdYDVXV3lZ3mn7laXnAr6oBH27-euntiyZMzsjyDcshaRL2KgtJZGJ2iNH8DfZvnRzsuxJFknh9DQA-KNLi9tgw4IVDLpBFqh4xLHFM3/s400/FH010006ghostoverlook.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>natural flume to cascade, through the thick choke of forest only a hammock allows sleep in</div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509140876349752338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuJAv470vCkdYtkg1Ras8-Hxu-35TMFBkozgjqKoP6reWRrp7vLQdxgsULJBpckSH93FJoIJUljZoWWVKkfzhv9EoXfHZxShM7J6gS1d2TiQOaRaEap2CZi-BvC5RMzi1hdfmeBT0qw8c/s400/FH020007fall1.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509140869004888674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGy2KdzLH6xbt8aJ_hSFXiQZWmp8jo0dYGkL5aJk0masTnuDuNKak5d-mKhUTLRN_ON6gPDGhON94g2A9DH4yAqE84eXy_iF2h75OukLxqgEpeooYAo2d0hC2asGS9khhzr2siR9JlLVV3/s400/FH0200051dfalls.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509140446721803842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8BsKW6fQgs8EX3Y22dGFA_RENSfJknkyAYB1HMCdhtdIbux5lOQ-Gd58XhB_C1EHaW3Y0ylJHBL84P7jyn6YZJVGAxUq_KznkUQT0uESzABf8CBR8BtkaQ2zC7kspcmiZpH9ay7v0NYz6/s400/FH020008fallsbeams.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>Norcross Pond and Nancy Pond, their two cold trickling arms pressing gulches into the fainting face of Mount Nancy</div><div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYujFr4O_2Mu9iZt1DLrXMYV4bIduzCbZ-sZMYvnCOOEsaOJSvHX_hRrzC57yMbDKvFfFt6UnJ4xAlaiIHDhJRe_ag6NzNoHu7spp7dz_F_SsigrQUXGzD_X4bGoJ6cIdNgAYw89_nLura/s400/FH000024doorway.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511710476185502018" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p>Holga, 35mm. Photos not in any way enhanced or edited</p></div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-62855397273641687742010-07-06T07:26:00.001-04:002010-07-06T07:27:32.094-04:00"Hangin'" (literally) on The Parker River<div>Theres something sexy about a paddle that never leaves the water on returning from a J-stroke, the way it quietly slices and floats forward. The clicking Morse of crickets flick their Bics at the quiet the paddle mumbles out the sides of its lips, and I feel, as the artist does, pressing against her palette and panel, back and forth, moving forward through the life of a piece of art.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybefjDSIV5rSCnrWwmORFGdY8ok6um-tnmI4QAyZfzaPoc6-qtIjVjuk61yCGeAtMvuOEEqZMPhk2qYyaFFMgGbR_ccKP2L-3RWNTPoLXHNdrEELR9lnVC2Y7wbJ4UTxzCu8QfbBrwFJZ/s1600/IMG_1114.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybefjDSIV5rSCnrWwmORFGdY8ok6um-tnmI4QAyZfzaPoc6-qtIjVjuk61yCGeAtMvuOEEqZMPhk2qYyaFFMgGbR_ccKP2L-3RWNTPoLXHNdrEELR9lnVC2Y7wbJ4UTxzCu8QfbBrwFJZ/s400/IMG_1114.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490624182251606738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6_2mY10DdTNZgxHWxXUIeNL1Yju9s1YsCUpgWwyOjB4-jmZxTgXeqR9qOoDLct-YD1t0Ete3gjai_J91wFyw6GMb1S7jB0Kov8-Qw8WS6z7MZTsUf7GYz-J-IPjhkmt0sVQw7JPWGR-_/s1600/IMG_1121.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6_2mY10DdTNZgxHWxXUIeNL1Yju9s1YsCUpgWwyOjB4-jmZxTgXeqR9qOoDLct-YD1t0Ete3gjai_J91wFyw6GMb1S7jB0Kov8-Qw8WS6z7MZTsUf7GYz-J-IPjhkmt0sVQw7JPWGR-_/s400/IMG_1121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490624173465469874" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a>the day wheezing through the trees<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_Eq646OZwKq7PFljm4wXj0zidPLLS_OQUKRUi1pJqVTaorA3X6eoQ79AcMG5a7sptomAmIrNa8ECcerILQrzBAFS1TG-O2hHvhslnh7c4U8dSF4plr7DGg8mIeqvoKl6vLpUdjqsgKsY/s1600/IMG_1139.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_Eq646OZwKq7PFljm4wXj0zidPLLS_OQUKRUi1pJqVTaorA3X6eoQ79AcMG5a7sptomAmIrNa8ECcerILQrzBAFS1TG-O2hHvhslnh7c4U8dSF4plr7DGg8mIeqvoKl6vLpUdjqsgKsY/s400/IMG_1139.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490623920449879266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a>that cackle and creek like the slosh of tide against hull<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGAKixuJ15wIFAhmprMnhDIe56wDKVuJu-6x0uM9ueM2RnU82sLosIxRwyu3SrYN5fnTCAB-qh7kOBcMatFBHRnpHBtiQGVuyUtlZuDo59um_1pQiSOQHykz2SQbxrpjMoVP_4ll7hjBn/s1600/IMG_1148.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSGAKixuJ15wIFAhmprMnhDIe56wDKVuJu-6x0uM9ueM2RnU82sLosIxRwyu3SrYN5fnTCAB-qh7kOBcMatFBHRnpHBtiQGVuyUtlZuDo59um_1pQiSOQHykz2SQbxrpjMoVP_4ll7hjBn/s400/IMG_1148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490623655380109730" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a>and trot of curious ants</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qCoUm7axhyphenhyphenLSyHX60r2uWguXuvNV9zTvzQu343dVDqonBlOLGNTQWp_wlmXPjJCXV2V-1eCmdSAInlGf4N6MIW4LNgGdZIJhxRAwUTpEaJjDQ6NnfD8igaJiN4f5EBb4UD8Zo9BsYY4A/s1600/IMG_1242.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qCoUm7axhyphenhyphenLSyHX60r2uWguXuvNV9zTvzQu343dVDqonBlOLGNTQWp_wlmXPjJCXV2V-1eCmdSAInlGf4N6MIW4LNgGdZIJhxRAwUTpEaJjDQ6NnfD8igaJiN4f5EBb4UD8Zo9BsYY4A/s400/IMG_1242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490618548251078226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></div><div>against reddening skin</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZAGNImRjO-8fXrIXj9pRP4GpoWRMmhAdfY2UM5znCcGqOYsCAslBfbPIbdC_QxZrLLlU5aIM1tMwN01S9pgByIi-Y4RNT18DPPKnPt31374U5VPXy-r__OyqcSRnmEw5zZoam0yGwr6R/s1600/IMG_1243.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZAGNImRjO-8fXrIXj9pRP4GpoWRMmhAdfY2UM5znCcGqOYsCAslBfbPIbdC_QxZrLLlU5aIM1tMwN01S9pgByIi-Y4RNT18DPPKnPt31374U5VPXy-r__OyqcSRnmEw5zZoam0yGwr6R/s400/IMG_1243.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490618529666867314" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>the guttural rant of Plovers articulating lust.</div></div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-60422743576945053322010-03-20T17:30:00.015-04:002010-03-23T23:30:05.616-04:00Lightweight, Wood-Fired, Gourmet Range.<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV317QOfT7JaYp2lshLWWH7u-hvZRErMFq-WAfUXrfnkqDHlnbhttx-VgVBNPWg0Fieerepv_mZpUj2DeShAxg4FKBEf04q6TZqgccCjHwXg0yGS6SPESgGgYpvvuc9MCduvsnaD9n17Vb/s1600-h/IMG_8574.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV317QOfT7JaYp2lshLWWH7u-hvZRErMFq-WAfUXrfnkqDHlnbhttx-VgVBNPWg0Fieerepv_mZpUj2DeShAxg4FKBEf04q6TZqgccCjHwXg0yGS6SPESgGgYpvvuc9MCduvsnaD9n17Vb/s400/IMG_8574.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450832167820981442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMKXbDrQWvEpZcyoX9nVJU1mYkBDpCb_LVb2rWtW0P6vZlBkqXU9SARyoV6Ub76XGU1sRGbm6Aih38y0A3lsm79zXSzyayRlRHlr_nj-uQwoDRa_VAOowDTwW3kNjAyJqM4vIVKaMMX0-/s1600-h/IMG_8591.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwP49i16i7YMjrNFCnFiNgCXVxzSqC9irueL8jbqeTIcqcdQwE3Mdtykgvmlb0-KZjuvuVM3ImTUH4V81Mh_uf4Q3jbD56EmppeaHJwLkQLK24BpsQ-igtmEZLxmhIRPxFApsBLoZIYyy5/s400/IMG_8555.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450831887888928514" /></a><div>You want food to match the collage, the confluence of color and smell the river represents. You want to taste it, its banks and eddies, in fresh ingredients the Native Penobscot ate.</div><div><br /></div><div>The right tools, be it glowing birch coal, French sea salt or pair of tongs, coax the meal from the pot or grill, enliven the spirits of the ingredient, not the cook.</div><div><br /></div><div>I think two burners, a knife roll of cutlery, spice and array of utensils, along with a little bit of balls, throw in two good stoves...?....you're talkin' "Napa high". (the feeling of intoxication achieved through the consumption of food - GOOD food - imagine 9 courses for lunch at French Laundry, [you <i>cant</i> get in a car and drive after that]) </div><div><br /></div><div>As a two burner cook, not a one pot slop shop, the extra cooking tools always added extra weight to my pack or boat. But, without the weight and space canister gas adds, one can carry more fresh food or more importantly -booze, with use of this stove.</div><div><br /></div><div>Settling into the cool dirt of riverside woods getting down on your knees actually working for your fire is meditative. Arched over your stove it begins to shine its old world charms, it's hobo beginnings.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is the eppitiome of simple, yet advanced, lightweight stove. Nothing compliments a rushing river more than a lighter tread.</div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-6865552567654453972010-03-13T13:05:00.009-05:002010-03-16T19:19:44.876-04:00Dreaming of Fresh Riverside Camp Cooked Food,<div><br />
</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4q9quKnIdW5vFPH3QjKordiWyXf3hF4Rm4pBXXtyvaiS2s3fWojBHv8y_bYJxRhEbe_PAqYYERqYGd1qIvz3L6Sk_4zBh2Q_r51puFm6bbvC71meQZZhfuYuuLccv-vNdZm0FLKtHv4Z/s1600-h/IMG_5927.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448181206478283634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4q9quKnIdW5vFPH3QjKordiWyXf3hF4Rm4pBXXtyvaiS2s3fWojBHv8y_bYJxRhEbe_PAqYYERqYGd1qIvz3L6Sk_4zBh2Q_r51puFm6bbvC71meQZZhfuYuuLccv-vNdZm0FLKtHv4Z/s400/IMG_5927.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">...the chanting audience of birds whisked into the freedom of the North Maine sky, or deep golden chanterelles and shallots, fat Brook Trout, wild oregano and lemon against the crackle of a hot pan, the crackle of a beer can, ah, the two indistinguishable sounds of pouring beer and the faint cocktail chatter of river trickling through a downed birch strainer.</span></div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-65672846755124404402010-01-30T21:48:00.007-05:002010-02-02T17:06:34.925-05:00there are no pews more suitable for prayer <div>than naked river rock or exposed cliff ledge</div><div><br /></div><div>no votary impulse more satisfied than at mountaintop</div><div>or at the base of inexorable whitewater</div><div>under big bossy cumuli</div><div><br /></div><div>the whole body seems tempted toward campfire</div><div>as it does toward sunshine</div><div><br /></div><div>breathing such living air</div><div>your skin is summoned to drink </div><div>the fine atmospheric champagne that on its own </div><div>comes to its knees</div><div>by earthy drunkenness or faith</div><div><br /></div><div>faith in the wildness of life</div><div>in the sturdy storm enduring tree</div><div>and the white stamen of shooting star</div><div> </div><div>that has been<br />abhorrently commandeered</div><div>by creation </div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-76194857862707203872010-01-23T10:30:00.012-05:002010-11-11T22:04:18.644-05:00For The Love Of A River.<div>When winter lacquers lakes and river tops, attacks breath and nose as it always does here in New England, when no bow can breach the white glass of January, we go along the waist, the feminine neck of what we would otherwise paddle, merely for our eyes to fondle the aching ice moaning under it's own weight, shrieking and shattering like a crystal chime on a windy day.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA96wMn3TgavCrGuPIt4Vuqk9Bmi6MmOQkdMP2QdoTLlPyEn4-urNgzJNwYnRdWr1tH4Z032CGaUGd112i7DyQO6FCNooe9gYRIABUUM10t1gcS8oi44SO574DaaLLNAr6HBF3eqGcu1n-/s1600-h/Picture+204.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429958728017618466" style="DISPLAY: block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqC9FgQFfujrpLT2Q8qTs5VS-f5jN7wVoADkNVURkUjRWNlwfpGMKYZNxaFs4y0flz5UEIq43ab9LumgRXkq7rT3X0dJlLwj-thlxPKIp8XLyqtV7jnQgne-1HYNnHukLklTgzG7J5GFu/s400/IMG_9964.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411897370847296962" /></a>"a heaving, swelling, sea of color, chanting overhead."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZPaX2V-IkmahRYfW3Zn6JZh-rKSmLRIe-fTX_-t8P-nHI4tdNmGwjIKEEQpGMO8OnnFcbHXryNVQhtmQgdzpBvuq5UQw6Sv94TtFiHtmrsyrfk9XsC2NNi-FZy6XgL_skgfy7t4Ldw4g/s1600-h/IMG_9963.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZPaX2V-IkmahRYfW3Zn6JZh-rKSmLRIe-fTX_-t8P-nHI4tdNmGwjIKEEQpGMO8OnnFcbHXryNVQhtmQgdzpBvuq5UQw6Sv94TtFiHtmrsyrfk9XsC2NNi-FZy6XgL_skgfy7t4Ldw4g/s400/IMG_9963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411897369365476882" /></a>"How deep our sleep, under the starry composite. Only the unwinding yarn of our exhausted fire, scribbles itself against the dark cluttered backdrop."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Bxo05yEfx7xEVVbfHUbuX-_IDlvlblAS0pgEj0Bv_fwElJUag76FNzLA4tWm_SRH2AIDMQ6TI6fKIr_3-o7y1g0-3t7xlyg62vXOaGU0fQc1Py3Aq3SqyOR827PaDrCJQU9iGECKspIP/s1600-h/IMG_9966.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Bxo05yEfx7xEVVbfHUbuX-_IDlvlblAS0pgEj0Bv_fwElJUag76FNzLA4tWm_SRH2AIDMQ6TI6fKIr_3-o7y1g0-3t7xlyg62vXOaGU0fQc1Py3Aq3SqyOR827PaDrCJQU9iGECKspIP/s400/IMG_9966.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411897357709363890" /></a><div>"The light, its cheek pressed against the lake, burns the skin of the deep unsettled. Over in the trees that spring from shore, as arrows do from the chest of an unfinished man, labored breath laps at the shore I can hardly see, my squint filtering nothing. My blindness on this day, that took so long to arrive, is more apparent than the clear-cut scars along the soft crooked spine of Maine."</div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911575340815129277.post-73257630338231083842009-12-05T18:22:00.015-05:002009-12-27T20:03:27.737-05:00Leafing Through The Last Days "Journal Quotes"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFhjwBpSMx1c4kJn8iIvQ2BNgrBD1vM8Glk3A3ye-dKGUtddANZp829CEXldIrdBxb6ss3kGbddWFvQ4WTLQNrTJRFMBhAekpgCVi6wrOwko-3LxWGaBdJSmak4ldGQXlrw1OE_RAX8d2/s1600-h/IMG_9959.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMFhjwBpSMx1c4kJn8iIvQ2BNgrBD1vM8Glk3A3ye-dKGUtddANZp829CEXldIrdBxb6ss3kGbddWFvQ4WTLQNrTJRFMBhAekpgCVi6wrOwko-3LxWGaBdJSmak4ldGQXlrw1OE_RAX8d2/s400/IMG_9959.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411896899987116386" /></a>"The lake jostles in it's earthy cup -reverberating against stars that tonight are tourists that flock to my magnificent sleep."<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Nirvdukc9-BydlxWO3BhazIuiVXO2SJU_OI4vcW-BH9Tayi0eCDKjAkej21r9eXdNZS1Z4j80qh_6M7RTDO9LyBYs9IimowTtfWRWmjMiV6QpPvGtY_K39l3p5ONdNG46rcOCPF9Pauk/s1600-h/IMG_9949.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Nirvdukc9-BydlxWO3BhazIuiVXO2SJU_OI4vcW-BH9Tayi0eCDKjAkej21r9eXdNZS1Z4j80qh_6M7RTDO9LyBYs9IimowTtfWRWmjMiV6QpPvGtY_K39l3p5ONdNG46rcOCPF9Pauk/s400/IMG_9949.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411896888788522338" /></a>"So big a lake, after being confined to the hallways of the Penobscot, you feel and hear; rising and cowering tides."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcksglR95jrzzRmKEyIVfEhoPjoguhneBWPfkgSB0odHkUXzroV9vsr5v3vh2WK1S43Akkmuhw89kCZFMKZn20AamklfjmIogIIW3E03PO-MO1UzY0H90uAWb0hSwqbES8sEq5bdp9umJ/s1600-h/IMG_9945.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcksglR95jrzzRmKEyIVfEhoPjoguhneBWPfkgSB0odHkUXzroV9vsr5v3vh2WK1S43Akkmuhw89kCZFMKZn20AamklfjmIogIIW3E03PO-MO1UzY0H90uAWb0hSwqbES8sEq5bdp9umJ/s400/IMG_9945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411896882842883042" /></a>"Paddling open wind swept lakes -keeps shores at a distance and arms strong."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTClnZz9hLsQGdxdvAuH5y9SPBJWtLVdxsGcxoH-izUoo7205Xut7vfOla12LdkXGH1zwFj1ZghRzqrhrDL4D3KevTJONUnhs7T0kpgiyjvrL5gJgwpKYsJZy6iZk2SNdZF58F2hyDNW4F/s1600-h/IMG_9943.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTClnZz9hLsQGdxdvAuH5y9SPBJWtLVdxsGcxoH-izUoo7205Xut7vfOla12LdkXGH1zwFj1ZghRzqrhrDL4D3KevTJONUnhs7T0kpgiyjvrL5gJgwpKYsJZy6iZk2SNdZF58F2hyDNW4F/s400/IMG_9943.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411896878963173362" /></a>"No matter how glorious the river is, rushing beside this campfire I enjoy alone among the quiet; it is meant to be shared!</div>Rick Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085883891009559296noreply@blogger.com0