For most of us, no matter how long a life span we have lived, we desire “one more year”. In 
a recent visit, 95 year-old Dave made it clear he is ready for the next “adventure”. Indeed, he has lived a life filled with adventure, family, friends, and participation in the community where he lived.
He wrote the meditative poem “The River” after he and Betty moved to a home on the banks of the Snoqualmie River. Dave experienced a special joy in living near the river.
With the changing of the seasons, the river brought him an ever changing and deepening connection to nature and the earth.
You are invited to read Dave’s meditation, THIS RIVER, and, perhaps, think about a place in your life that has special meaning for you.
Tim
SNOQUALMIE RIVER SCENES
Photographs by Joanne and Tom Chase
THIS RIVER
By Dave Olson
See it today, here I play,
Allured by magic on display,
Sparkling torrent lightly kissed,
By the dawning morning mist.
Running rapids as in a dream,
Carry me down the wild stream.
In these waters, can you see,
Beauty there that captures me?
Reveling in the river’s year,
Winter, summer, spring and fall,
Changing seasons, I love them all.
Winter fly-by soaring eagles,
Stormy weather, flocks of sea gulls.
Spring melt flows lure river rats,
For white water runs in kayaks.
Summer beckons the cutthroat rise,
To leap and catch a careless fly.
Early Fall flows slow, sedate,
For you and me to meditate.
Later flash floods, raging bold,
Presage return of bracing cold.
Prepare for winter to unfold.
On this river, decked in winter white,
Cast my ashes on a full-moon night,
On rushing waters to carry me,
To eternal peace in a welcoming sea.
Photograph by Toni Olson
CREDITS:
Writer: Dave Olson
Photographers: Joanne Chase, Tom Chase, Toni Olson,
Graphic Designer: Tim Olson
Editors: Lorelie & Tim Olson
NESTER url: https://notesfromanester.com
To read Dave Olson’s A MEDITATION FOR EARTH DAY – click here
