52 Card Project 2021: Week 33: Nokomis
Aug. 20th, 2021 12:37 pmI had a hard time deciding on a theme for the week since my life has been pretty uneventful recently. I thought about doing a card called "Fatigue," which would be about both my sleep disorder and Covid pandemic fatigue. But I didn't know what I could use for images, and I wasn't inclined to do yet another depressing card.
But then it occurred to me: I have started to walk around a nearby lake known as Lake Nokomis. It's about three miles around, and it's a lovely walk. For those of you who aren't in the Twin Cities: we have a beautiful chain of lakes here in the city, and I've gone through periods where I've walked regularly around Lake Harriet, which is pleasant, too. But why have I never gotten into the habit of regularly walking around the closest lake to my home? I have no idea, but after trying it a time or two this week, I have decided I'd like to do this regularly.
What's more, on one of my walks this week, I ran into a couple of excellent long-time friends I haven't seen much of recently: Pat Wrede (Patricia C. Wrede, one of my writing mentors who helped me so much when I was writing my first book) and Beth Friedman (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
carbonel). It turns out that the two of them walk the lake three times a week, and so I'm going to be joining them at least two of those three days. I'm really pleased about this: companionship will make it more likely I'll keep up the habit.
I took a bunch of pictures around Lake Nokomis, thinking I'd assemble them into a collage, but I particularly like the composition of this one (although I did do some simple editing to take out a couple of errant sticks) and decided to use it alone. That makes this the second card I've done this year which is just one image.
Nokomis
Click here to read about the 52 card project and see the year's gallery.
But then it occurred to me: I have started to walk around a nearby lake known as Lake Nokomis. It's about three miles around, and it's a lovely walk. For those of you who aren't in the Twin Cities: we have a beautiful chain of lakes here in the city, and I've gone through periods where I've walked regularly around Lake Harriet, which is pleasant, too. But why have I never gotten into the habit of regularly walking around the closest lake to my home? I have no idea, but after trying it a time or two this week, I have decided I'd like to do this regularly.
What's more, on one of my walks this week, I ran into a couple of excellent long-time friends I haven't seen much of recently: Pat Wrede (Patricia C. Wrede, one of my writing mentors who helped me so much when I was writing my first book) and Beth Friedman (
carbonel). It turns out that the two of them walk the lake three times a week, and so I'm going to be joining them at least two of those three days. I'm really pleased about this: companionship will make it more likely I'll keep up the habit.I took a bunch of pictures around Lake Nokomis, thinking I'd assemble them into a collage, but I particularly like the composition of this one (although I did do some simple editing to take out a couple of errant sticks) and decided to use it alone. That makes this the second card I've done this year which is just one image.
Click here to read about the 52 card project and see the year's gallery.