Tag: Big Lake
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Afterglow
Red and orange embers sputtered as I put the campfire out. Autumn was already asleep in our dune-top canvas castle, with a mile or more of sandy beach all to ourselves. I folded up the rumpled blanket. We’d sleep under the stars again but for the lake’s cool misty morning awakening; we were going to […]
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Storm Rolling in on the Big Lake
Beautiful and a bit frightening at the same time. Quiet and calm eerie shadowed horizon. Dark dark clouds. Cotton hoarde approaches from above, galloping (or are we approaching this fortification). Waves rasp with hunger cascading below. Lightning flashes top to bottom, sky to water, each ensuing thundering boom comes closer. Crashing splashes near to consume […]