30 Sep 2010
Louisville Swamp (Flight of the Nightcrawlers postscript)
I just woke up and read over last night’s entry, and realized there’s another coincidence to be explored in there.
Before yesterday, the last time I’d posted in this blog was way back in the earliest morning hours of February 27th (“Wearing Red“), having started writing the previous night and not hitting “publish” until past midnight.
I had been inspired to work on the blog that frigid evening by a beautiful, magical-feeling daytrip I’d taken earlier that day to a frozen swamp with my friend Megh (who, in fact, blogged about the trip on her website here: http://www.deepsicks.com/2010/03/07/winter-swamp-walkabout)
So, yesterday – after the worm incident at Black Dog Road – Andrew and I set out further upstream along the Minnesota River – him navigating sporadically with an old school paper map, and me just turning when he said to. We got ourselves good and turned around, did a huge circle or two … and then after a couple of hours of closed bridges, blocked roads, and failed efforts to get down by the water we wound up pulling into the Louisville Swamp – the same swamp I’d first discovered and last seen back in February with Megh, the day I’d came home and updated this blog last.
I’ve been there twice in my life, both times I came home and posted in this blog – and didn’t post at all in between those trips.
Megh: Louisville Swamp companion February 26 2010
Andrew: Louisville Swamp companion September 29, 2010
Cleo and I approach the mighty oak on the savanna in winter
Cleo approaches the mighty oak on the savanna in autumn
Cleo beholds the frozen Louisville Swamp / Minnesota River Valley
Cleo beholds the flooded Louisville Swamp / Minnesota River Valley
dead lightning-blasted oak tree
the not-dead-after-all lightning-blasted oak tree
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(You might think that I was inspired to post-swamp blog last night by the dim memory of having done so in February, but you’d be wrong: I’d decided I was going to post about the ‘nightcrawler cup’ incident long before we unexpectedly found ourselves in the swamp, and I didn’t remember that the last time I’d blogged was the night of the first swamp trip until I checked the dates of the winter photos this morning.)
teapots happen
September 30th, 2010 at 10:05 ampermalink
So it came full circle!
Trish MacGregor
September 30th, 2010 at 4:34 pmpermalink
Good to hear from you, at last! Hang in there. Keep on!
Jane
JANE
October 3rd, 2010 at 6:15 pmpermalink
Good to see you writing again. Some great photos. If it’s meaningful it’s got to be a coincidence.
Mike.
67 Not Out (Mike Perry)
October 12th, 2010 at 10:53 ampermalink
Howdy!
I stumbled upon your blog looking at mri’s on google images… I’m going off to get my head scanned tomorrow, looking for MS. BUT THEN! I found the fabulous story of your amazing teapots! How grateful I am for that. What a truly incredible thing! The mind sure does boggle. Thank you for sharing.
I hope that you are happy and healthy in body and spirit!
jess
jess
November 22nd, 2010 at 2:45 ampermalink
lightning tree!!!
Jessi Davis
January 2nd, 2011 at 11:21 pmpermalink
So, c’mon, Gabe. I know you’ve had some synchros since September!!
Trish MacGregor
April 20th, 2011 at 8:54 pmpermalink
Ha, yes I have. But, like my Action Squad website, I have a bit of a problem staying motivated to continue posting it seems … although certainly the synchronicities have not stopped. Interestingly, there has been an apparent upswing this April, just as the ‘Timeline’ I’ve been keeping shows for the last two years around this same time. I have a list of 6 recent ones, maybe I’ll write one up soon on here!
teapots happen
April 21st, 2011 at 12:13 pmpermalink
cool way to chronicle the cycles,, nice Pick chores
simon
May 1st, 2011 at 8:02 pmpermalink
wow. this just capped it off
you certainly do have some amazing things happen to you my friend 🙂
I am glad there are other people out there enjoying the synchronicity and amazement of it all as much as I am!!
Bebs
May 23rd, 2011 at 8:51 pmpermalink