Where the River Meets the Lake - January 2023 Newsletter
Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.
― excerpt from Snowy Night by Mary Oliver
Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, “To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.” Riffing off Sartre, I encourage you download A River of Poems, a FREE PDF produced by Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior Reserve. It's a good read. When you are done reading and want to embrace winter in a physical way, head on over to the St. Louis River Estuary. As FOLSR Board Member Will Mowchan points out in his feature Not Only Summer, there are multiple activities you can enjoy on a winter's day. One activity, the Ice Festival, is being held just outside the Estuarium on January 27 and 28. The Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve (FOLSR) volunteers will be there helping out.
Whether "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (Robert Frost) or snowshoeing in the woods on a snowy afternoon, I hope to see you at FOLSR's annual members meeting on February 21.