“Fly fishing is a contemplative experience that embodies the truth of nature and the nature of life.” ~ Michael Vincent Stagnitta
Photo by Richard Fogg
Advice from a waterfall
Let your cares fall away. Create your own music. Make a splash. Roar with excitement!
Shadow Patterns of Melt
Author Notes
Kindle Vella Episode 1–Ejecta: During a tranquil early morning hike in Yellowstone, I enjoyed how the frost on the wooden walkways melted in a distinct pattern, with the railing shadows hiding the frost from the sun. Like a mantra, and in cadence with my steps, I found myself murmuring “shadow patterns of melt.” That very night, the characters and story concept knocked on my dreams. Bishr and Nialla have been with me ever since, and I hope you enjoy getting acquainted.
The Lake Hotel
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread. ~ John Muir
Yellowstone became our first National Park in March of 1872. The Lake Hotel was built in 1891, redesigned and enlarged in 1903, and is the oldest operating hotel in the park.
Photo by Richard Fogg.
She Walks Alone
She walks alone against the dusky sky,
With something of the manner of a queen-
Her gesturing peaks, imperious and high;
Her snowy brow, serene.
Under her feet, a tapestry of pine;
Veiling her marble figure, purple haze,
Draped with a scarf of clouds at timber-line,
In a billowy silken maze.
~ Lew Sarett
Janet Fogg / J.R.P. Fogg 