There were mornings when Jack awoke to the most beautiful sunrises. The light seemed to pour from the sky onto the water, surrounding him in an endless sea of colors.
04.12.2021
An experience of solitude for Jack in a vast sea becomes the backdrop for a moment of absolute awe as the color of the sky changes all around him. I feel gratitude, thinking of the range of moments in which I’ve witnessed something of the kind. Last night I backpacked up onto a ridge overlooking the Missouri River and made a solo camp for the night. As I sat by the fire and cooked dinner, the sunset was casting all kinds of beautiful color on the treed hills around me. Before I knew it, I was looking up at a clear, starry sky, and I heard a turkey gobble in the distance somewhere. I laughed, thinking of how these turkeys are out chuckling under these grand lights all the time. What a wonder.
