Cycle of Seasons

A stump found in Wadhams with a heart hole in it (Photo credit: Jessica Wimett)

A Visceral Acknowledgement by Jessica Wimett is another one of the stories entered in this round of the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) writing contest. If you haven’t yet, you should go vote in the contest ! Voting ends tomorrow!

Wimett discusses the changing of the seasons in a very poignant way. She goes on a hike on the Split Rock Wild Forest Trail with her daughter and observes how the life of summer is fading as winter arrives.

I love the imagery that Wimett invokes with her metaphors! Just as her title implies, I gain a very visceral feeling from her words.

“Amidst the raucous green energy of summer it is remarkably easy to forget this pale season of moonlight and waiting. Autumn is the intermediary between these seasonal poles, seducing us into transition like a bright gypsy who swirls her skirts across the mountains changing everything in her path to gold and fire. We are left humbled if not melancholy. This Autumnal dervish creates within me a craving to tune into the forest to attain a visceral acknowledgement of this change…” Continue reading this story!

About Katie Shepard

Passionate about reading and writing stories, Katie Shepard enjoys discovering more about her home while writing and editing for Essex on Lake Champlain. Katie graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2011 where she studied English literature, philosophy, and Asian studies. Her first book Essex, New York Architecture: A Doodler's Field Guide was published in 2015. Connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, or at Linked.in. Or email her at katie [@] essexeditions [dot] com.