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When despair for the world grows in me
And I wake in the night at the least sound
In fear of what my life and my childrens lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
Rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry (1968)
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Apologies to Wyoming

2naSalit
(97,046 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(65,125 posts)Thanks, and good morning.
(Edited to change the text from what my phone thought I should have said.)
2naSalit
(97,046 posts)It's Yellowstone that has a little bit in both Idaho and Montana, three of the five entrances are in Montana. Grand Teton NP is to the south of Yellowstone and is entirely in Wyoming.
bronxiteforever
(10,505 posts)Thanks for the corrections!
2naSalit
(97,046 posts)A friend who grew up in Europe once told me that it was hard to keep clear about all those "square states" in the west!
I'm about 120 miles north of GTNP so I know right where it's at.
SheltieLover
(70,324 posts)And such lovely verse.
Ty, Bronxite! ✌️
Sneederbunk
(16,263 posts)bronxiteforever
(10,505 posts)lucca18
(1,400 posts)Peace & Happiness
Wicked Blue
(8,040 posts)Thanks for posting this excerpt