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Celebrating wood, wind, and words
​in St. Paul, Minnesota

What are Moments in the Park?
Moments in the park capture the essence of a sight, sound, scent, or sensation.
Moments are specific to a particular place and time. They often relate to the weather - wind, rain, snow, clouds - or seasonal changes in plants or animals - new leaves appearing, flowers blooming, birds singing.
Many of my moments are found in my local city park. But a "park" can be anywhere something catches your attention, your awareness, your imagination. I have found moments in the median of busy roads while running errands, in the play of light on the bathroom wall, and from the windows of airplanes.
The practice of being open to moments, of observing the particular details of a place and noticing changes from day to day and month to month, is a way of being mindful and present, of engaging with and appreciating the natural world wherever you happen to be.
Share Your Moments

Moment: January 31, 2018, 7:15 a.m.

1/31/2018

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I must sound like the clean up crew after a Greek wedding, as shards of ice clatter and clink off my shovel.
My driveway
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Moment: January 29, 2018, 7:30 a.m.

1/29/2018

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A small bird perches overhead, tail twitching through a quarter circle against the face of a brightening sky, like the second hand of a clock that needs to be wound.
Washington Ave. at Mondale Hall
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Moment: January 26, 2018, 6:45 a.m.

1/26/2018

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White pines crackle and fizz like a glass of soda, as snow gradually drips and drops from higher boughs.
Horton Park
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Moment: January 26, 2018, 5:00 p.m.

1/26/2018

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At the end of a warm day, snow that had been taut and smooth as a birthday party balloon has softened and collapsed into golf ball dimples.
Horton Park
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Moment: January 22, 2018, 6:30 a.m.

1/22/2018

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Trees wave to each other across the street like friendly neighbors, dry leaves chatter along the sidewalk, tall grasses nod knowingly before the wind buffets my face – all spreading rumors of a coming storm.
Hamline Ave., Friends School, Horton Park
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Moment: January 16, 6:00 a.m.

1/16/2018

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Oak leaves tucked edgewise into fresh snow, like a flotilla of sailboats becalmed in a still, white sea
Horton Park
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Moment: January 15, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

1/15/2018

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Snow curls off tiers of a retaining wall like breaking waves.
My driveway
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Moment: January 14, 7:30 a.m.

1/14/2018

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In the quiet of an early Sunday morning, crows wing silently sunward, one by one, as though hoping to obscure the location of a clandestine meeting.
Horton Park
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Moment: January 9, 2018, 1:15 p.m.

1/9/2018

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A row of trees on the river bank seems to be upside down, their crowns obscured against the hill behind, while their shadows are drawn clear and sharp across the snow.
Washington Avenue Bridge, Mississippi River
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The War on Coal

1/8/2018

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PictureImage: Pixabay user byrev
Some say there is a war on coal
In this, for once, there is some truth
But it is a defensive war
A war joined long after it started
Coal has waged war on us for decades

Only now have we realized we are at war
And we will fight
We will fight for our children
We will fight for our neighborhoods
We will fight for the birds and the trees
We will fight for the land and the sea

We take our stance in virabhadrasana
And we fight
We are peaceful warriors
We are humble warriors

Our weapons are wind and sun
Our weapons are power and light
Our weapons are truth and love

We will prevail

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