[A Rider Brother Journey: This is part of a ten-part serialization of the story of a special hike I made with my Brother in 1989. It is based on a journal entry I made on August 19, 1989. It was recently revised into this semi-haibun format.]
The full text of the story to-date.
After endless switching back and forth we eventually reach the valley floor. The sun has been behind clouds for much of the day but as we reach the highway it comes out with a big smile. With tired bones we hike along the highway. We get a ride in the back of a truck to the bridge. Gord jogs to the car while I wait at the bridge with our gear. When we reach back home it is a joy to see everyone again and to tell of our journey. Gord cooks a nice pot of miso with the puff-balls from our packs.
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puffball miso...
a bit of mountain in
each mouthful
About Masago
- Masago
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- From "The Haiku Anthology" I became interested in Haiku and I have since written numerous haiku, senyru, and tanka. "Masago", my haiku pen-name, means "grain(s) of sand" in Japanese. I have recently started learning Esperanto and Japanese. A few years ago I developed a new eastern verse form which we now call 'Renhai'.
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7 comments:
what a recipe :)
great post
Perfect haiku ending!! Thoroughly taking the hike!!
Thoroughly enjoyed...
enjoyed the whole journey, the last haiku sums it up nicely!
Beautiful end of an interesting trip. They say that the atmosphere in which we eat adds unique flavor
even to simple food
Floots: Thanks, it was a tastey bowl of soup, I'll tell you!
Pat, Polona, Natalia: Thanks, glad you came along for the trip.
enjoyed them all!!!
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