Recollected on this early morning, painting track
White-capped mountains in the distance.
The Scottish American artist adventurers
who were so instrumental
in saving the California wilderness.
Recollected
on this early morning artist's walk.
Imagined that John Muir
was on the trail ahead of me.
On the slopes of the High Sierra
climbing treacherous glaciers
or writing.
[
dense, splendid prose]