Tele Aadsen

writer - fisherman - listener

Oh, man, friends…

We arrived yes­ter­day evening to this:

And, like a gift, today received this:

That’s the view from the Nerka’s helm. Absolute­ly glo­ri­ous, and I find I’m not able to do much of any­thing today but smile. (Oh, and spend an hour clear­ing the snow from the dock and deck, thanks to our won­der­ful neigh­bor Zan­der shar­ing his red shovel.) 

It’s a real­ly big smile.

No poet­ic words or big sto­ries today, just pure bliss. I hope you’ve got a place like this in your life — some­where your eyes can’t seem to drink in quick­ly enough, some­where that your heart light­ens that moment you return, some­where that you feel your absolute truest self. If you haven’t met that place of your own just yet, you’re wel­come to share mine: