[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem


On May 31, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Ursula Stange wrote:


Unusually hot in Portland?  Must be nice!
We woke up to as fierce a snowstorm as I've seen recently.
The flakes as big as dandelion seed heads.
Four hours later the sun came out.  But it's still cold.
My geraniums are four sheets to the wind.
Snow? Snow! Goodness. Reminds me of the time I took my family in late June on the train from London to Edinburgh; left London wearing shorts and t shirts, arrived at Waverley station to hail and snow. 

Here's something to take your mind off geraniums:

http://www.kayaksession.com/tyler-bradt-waterfall-record-palouse.php
As one who spent his youth kayaking, and did his full share of nutty stuff, I am gobsmacked. 

Here's another account:
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/05/ portland_kayaker_witnesses_pal.html 

and then you'll want to see the video:

http://www.kayakwaterfalls.com/

David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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