Water, Water Everywhere

My family have lived with our river neighbor for more than 30 years now. We’ve seen her in all sorts of moods from the barely-a-trickle of dry years (such as 2025) as well as in full flood (Hurricane Irene in 2011). And literally everything in between.

There’s a saying that one can never step in the same river twice. There’s an analogy to that which goes: You never see the same river twice.

I thought you might enjoy spending some time on our river today.

At the end of the day, there is the peace of twilight.
After rain, everything sparkles.
Our favorite place to swim.
High water, no swimming today!
Looking upstream on a summer afternoon.
The sun sets once again.

Author of the Carding, Vermont novels, quilt books, and book publishing guides.