Kayaking any river for a length of time, you’ll undoubtedly come up with a list of things you try to avoid. You might think that locks and barges would be on this list, but we had no trouble with either of these. Number 1 on our list turned out to be rapids. We learned ratherContinue reading “Stuck on a Stump”
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Pig’s Eye Island Heron Rookery
It was in St. Paul, Minnesota where we discovered the hidden gem known as the Pig’s Eye Island Heron Rookery. And by “discovered,” I don’t mean that it wasn’t clearly identified on our map. It was. It just wasn’t a part of our planned route that particular day. But after struggling for five miles toContinue reading “Pig’s Eye Island Heron Rookery”
“Heartwaters”
“Children totter over mossy stones. Clear sparkling water trickles between their toes, swirls around grown-up ankles below rolled-up jeans.” Excerpt from poem “Heartwaters” in my chapbook, Mississippi Meanderings The first time we visited Lake Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota, we came to drop our kayak into the Mississippi Headwaters, where a small clear streamContinue reading ““Heartwaters””
Mississippi Meanderings
My new poetry chapbook is available now for pre-order, through Finishing Line Press! The thirty poems in this collection were born of my impressions of the river’s many moods, moments in its rich history, and the inhabitants and travelers of its waters and shores. You’ll find yourselves awed by river wildlife and sand island sunsets,Continue reading “Mississippi Meanderings”
Author Barb Geiger 