So long as there is snow on Katahdin

 So long as there is snow on Katahdin

“So long as there is snow on the Katahdin...”,

our conversation starter, our lament each springtime,

caught in the in-between time between Winter and Spring;

Never mind the calendar, the date,

the Mountain is still in control.

So long as there is snow on Katahdin

there will be wind, cold, disquiet

slowing our moving forward;

We will not know Spring

in its fullness, completely.

So long as there is snow on Katahdin

we will struggle in transition

caught in a lingering of Winter;

We will shiver in our clothing

yearning for Spring.

So long as there is snow on Katahdin

mornings will be remain chilly,

with a hint of Winter still present;

We will burst through Spring into Summer

as the Mountain releases its grip.

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edited May 3, 2021

So long as there is snow on Katahdin

edited May 3, 2021

So long as there is snow on the Mountain - v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/so-long-as-there-is-snow-on-mountain-v4.html

edited May 3, 2021

So long as there is snow on the Mountain - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/so-long-as-there-is-snow-on-mountain-v3.html

edited May 3, 2021

So long as there is snow on the mountain - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/long-as-there-is-snow-on-mountain-v2-so.html

May 2, 2021

So long as there is snow on the mountain

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/so-long-as-there-is-snow-on-mountain.html

continuing conversation around town

this time of year about Mount Katahdin

25 miles to our west in Patten, Maine

&

edited February 18, 2021

Forever is the Mountain - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/forever-is-mountain-v2.html

edited February 18, 2021

Eternal is our God - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/eternal-is-our-god-v2.html

edited/new name February 17, 2021

Eternal is our God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/eternal-is-our-god.html

edited/new name February 17, 2021

Forever is the mountain

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/forever-is-mountain.html

edited July 18, 2017

ever changing – 2 – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2017/07/ever-changing-2-v6.html

(editing original again)

edited November 19, 2015

ever changing – 2 – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/ever-changing-2-v5.html

(editing version 2)

edited November 19, 2015

ever changing – 2 – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/ever-changing-2-v4.html

(editing version 3)

September 10, 2015

edited ever changing – 2 – v3

ever changing – 2 – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/ever-changing-2-v3.html

(changing from Mt. Katahdin to God)

edited September 10, 2015

ever changing – 2 – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/ever-changing-2-v2.html

(5 photos of Mount Katahdin)

September 10, 2015

ever changing - 2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/ever-changing-2.html

Mount Katahdin over the seasons from Route 11

Patten, ME

and

Psalm 19:1-6

devotion for September 8, 2015

read September 8, 2015

&

March 30, 2021

Not yet green

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/not-yet-green.html

&

edited March 6, 2021

A pilgrimage to the mountain - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-pilgrimage-to-mountain_6.html

March 6, 2021

A pilgrimage to the mountain

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/03/a-pilgrimage-to-mountain.html

February 26, 2021

The crust of ice below

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-crust-of-ice-below.html

February 26, 2021

Longing to stay longer

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/longingto-stay-longer-longingto-stay.html

edited/ new name February 25, 2021

Like a sea of glass, glowing with fire

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/likea-sea-of-glass-glowing-with-fire.html

Revelations 4:6

Isaiah 6:1-6

Revelations 15:2

edited/new name February 25, 2021

Like a sea of glass, of crystal

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/like-sea-of-glass-of-crystal.html

edited February 23, 2021

A sea of glass of crystal - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-sea-of-glass-of-crystal-v2.html

February 23, 2021

A sea of glass, of crystal

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-sea-of-glass-of-crystal.html

expanded February 23, 2021

Before the throne of God

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/before-throne-of-god.html

expanded February 23, 2021

The fields alive, glowing

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-fields-alive-glowing.html

February 23, 2021

A sea of liquid gold

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-sea-of-liquid-gold.html

edited February 21, 2021

a field of granular crystals - v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-field-of-granular-crystals-v2.html

February 21, 2021

a field of granular crystals

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-field-of-granular-crystals.html

edited January 31, 2021

like sand dunes - v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes-v3.html

January 30, 2021

like sand dunes – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes-v2.html

January 30, 2021

like sand dunes

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/like-sand-dunes.html

edited, new name January 30, 2021

fields, hills, miles of fondant

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/fields-hills-miles-of-fondant.html

January 30, 2021

miles of fondant

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/miles-of-fondant.html

edited January 30, 2021

gold under the white – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/gold-under-white-v2.html

January 30, 2021

gold under the white

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/gold-under-white.html

January 30, 2021

silting the roadway

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/silting-roadway.html

January 30, 2021

pillows in the branches

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/pillows-in-branches.html

January 30, 2021

so many textures

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/01/so-many-textures.html

Patten to Houlton to Presque Isle to Patten again

edited December 15, 2015

&

Smell of Snow – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/smell-of-snow-v4.html

(merging edits to version 3 and version 2)

edited December 9, 2015

Smell of Snow – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/smell-of-snow-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited November 28, 2012

“Smell of Snow – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/smell-of-snow-v2.html

Friday, December 03, 2004 8:27

“Smell of Snow”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/12/smell-of-snow.html

and other poems

December 1, 2012

like sprinkled sugar

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/like-sprinkled-sugar.html

&

edited December 9, 2015

Snow in the Air – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/snow-in-air-v6.html

(editing original)

edited November 27, 2015

Snow in the Air – v5

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/snow-in-air-v5.html

(merging edits to original and version 4)

edited November 22, 2015

Snow in the air – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/snow-in-air-v4.html

(editing original)

Edited August 3, 2013

“Snow in the Air – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/snow-in-air-v3.html

(editing original)

Edited September 20, 2012

“Snow in the Air – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/snow-in-air-v2.html

December 30, 2006 12:08

“Snow in the Air”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2006/12/snow-in-air.html

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