Comments on: Hallelujah! http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/ Notes on paddling, fly-fishing, hiking, conservation, writing and reading, the St. Croix River, and life in Minnesota. Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:52:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Greg http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/comment-page-1/#comment-19864 Greg Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:42:08 +0000 http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/#comment-19864 lene - glad you enjoyed it. i didn't want to focus too much on the potential for melancholy that comes with the solstice, but it obviously struck a chord with most everyone who commented. i do wish these long days would stick around a lot longer, but they won't, and i guess all we can do is just celebrate it in all its ephemeral-ness... we did get our hike in and it was really nice. thanks for stopping by! lene – glad you enjoyed it. i didn’t want to focus too much on the potential for melancholy that comes with the solstice, but it obviously struck a chord with most everyone who commented. i do wish these long days would stick around a lot longer, but they won’t, and i guess all we can do is just celebrate it in all its ephemeral-ness… we did get our hike in and it was really nice. thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Lene http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/comment-page-1/#comment-19839 Lene Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:08:00 +0000 http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/#comment-19839 I was wondering if you would touch on the sentiment most common among Vermonters, and you did in the second to the last paragraph. Summer definitely comes as a bitter-sweet season here. I really enjoyed your descriptions, especially the one about how the air feels on summer nights. :) Hope you got your hike in. Hi to Rosie! I was wondering if you would touch on the sentiment most common among Vermonters, and you did in the second to the last paragraph. Summer definitely comes as a bitter-sweet season here. I really enjoyed your descriptions, especially the one about how the air feels on summer nights. :)

Hope you got your hike in. Hi to Rosie!

]]> By: Greg http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/comment-page-1/#comment-19764 Greg Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:18:36 +0000 http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/#comment-19764 It really was a beautiful evening last night as the skies, which had been murky all day, cleared up and the sun set high up in the northwestern sky. More on that later. I'm not ready for the days to start getting shorter either, but the only thing to do is not pay any attention to that and just focus on making the most of these glorious days. Happy summer! It really was a beautiful evening last night as the skies, which had been murky all day, cleared up and the sun set high up in the northwestern sky. More on that later.

I’m not ready for the days to start getting shorter either, but the only thing to do is not pay any attention to that and just focus on making the most of these glorious days.

Happy summer!

]]> By: Rainier http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/comment-page-1/#comment-19762 Rainier Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:38:50 +0000 http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/#comment-19762 It was such a lovely evening, a perfect way for summer to say hello. It was such a lovely evening, a perfect way for summer to say hello.

]]> By: Deb http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/comment-page-1/#comment-19755 Deb Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:56:06 +0000 http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/#comment-19755 I know what you mean about the melancholy, about the days now getting shorter...I'm not ready for that! But, I enjoy the last rays of light now as I settle into bed, and I like the sunrise hitting my east-facing window before 6 AM. The time to celebrate that is so short here. I know what you mean about the melancholy, about the days now getting shorter…I’m not ready for that!

But, I enjoy the last rays of light now as I settle into bed, and I like the sunrise hitting my east-facing window before 6 AM. The time to celebrate that is so short here.

]]> By: scott http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/comment-page-1/#comment-19753 scott Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:51:15 +0000 http://dharmablog.everyday-beat.org/2007/06/21/hallelujah/#comment-19753 I love sunlight! The only part of this day that gets me down is the thought that is way in the back of my head. That thought...now I have to admit I can't help but be a pessimist...the that that it also represents to me that we've reached our peak and are now on our way back to each day getting shorter and shorter :( Stop it now! Enjoy the day! And what a day it is looking to be! I love sunlight! The only part of this day that gets me down is the thought that is way in the back of my head. That thought…now I have to admit I can’t help but be a pessimist…the that that it also represents to me that we’ve reached our peak and are now on our way back to each day getting shorter and shorter :(

Stop it now! Enjoy the day! And what a day it is looking to be!

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