Pilgrimage

Hiked through the hills of Antelope Island over the weekend, amidst deer,

antelope, buffalo, coyotes, bald eagles, hawks, falcons, sage grouse...

an ephemeral yielding of the modern world

to the wild stillness of the landscape.

Mamas keep your children close...these

creatures are on the prowl!

Antelope Island

Almost every Spring I come here. The salt air and bird song,

clear away the winter webs.

My mother loved this island, it's otherworldliness.

The Native Americans believed

it to be the spirit world.

So do I.