CAMP

The slow honey flow

of meals

when they’re needed,

of planes buzzing

out of hearing,

of the radio announcing

“I’m two minutes out”

to hear the voice of base camp and love

in the form of wind

direction and speed.

Meals a combination

of what’s wanted

and needs to be used up.

Huge meals of

meat, biscuits and fresh bread,

mashed potatoes and corn.

And desserts desserts desserts:

frosted brownie and cookies,

rhubarb cake and 1000 calories bites.

But the true richness

is the love of the land,

sent out and returned.

Seconded by the love between people.

There are always the freckles of

daily minute frustrations,

but thickly frosted with

deep trust and competence.

Such a loving place to be.

Lizette Estelle Stiehr

September 9, 2013

Adams Guiding Camp