All posts by Sonja Hakala

I have been a professional writer since 1987. I've written for newspapers, magazines, worked in the book publishing industry, and published novels and non-fiction books. In addition, I've guided numerous authors through the process of independent publishing, and offer workshops in that same vein. I'm the founder of the Parkinson's Comfort Project and over the course of six years, we gathered and gave away over 500 handmade quilts to people with Parkinson's disease.
Carding Chronicles

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.