THE GIFT
introducing our son
to mountain climbing
step by step over rocks
ascending mountains by the age of four
happily hiking
becoming a serious hiker as an adult
climbing all four thousand footers
in the White Mountains
drawing his full concentration
preferring the historic mountains of Europe
to the wide open spaces of American mountains
sharing hiking with his children
nourishing their bodies
soothing their minds
sharing a special experience
a gift
seeing his photographs
hiking the Utah Canyonlands
fuels my creativity
inspiring my collages
three generations enriched
the gift
