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  • Bonnie Hadfield

    Your ideas, are always inspirational!….reliving my recent trip in midwestern Nebraska the cranes were in the thousands. There has always been need for me to be in nature, it’s inspirational. I can’t wait to read your book.

    April 12, 2021
    • Write in Community

      Thanks so much, Bonnie. Nature does have a way of encouraging us as writers and artists, saying “more,” “more.”

      April 13, 2021
  • Marjorie Saiser

    Love the sound of the cranes! Thanks for your exercises!

    April 12, 2021
    • Write in Community

      I appreciate your words, Marge. Your poem “Crane Migration, Platte River” resonates with me. The line “What did it say? Maybe it said Kneel” is particularly reminiscent.

      April 13, 2021
  • Mike Stinson

    Ah..the Sandhill Crane experience. A phenomenal adventure entailing the engagement of all our senses, along with our mind, heart, and soul! It is a difficult event to put into words and you have done a fine job here, thank you! The cranes always seem to tell me, “The Beat Goes On”!

    April 13, 2021
    • Write in Community

      I loved what you said about the crane experience engaging all of our senses. And it does! I’ll remember your apt description of how “The Beat Goes On!” next spring when the cranes return again. Thank you.

      April 13, 2021
  • Judy

    Ah, the cranes… If they don’t inspire a creative response, what will? The great congregation in air and field, their dance, their unique song and the amazing feat of floating, sleek and streamlined, captured so well in Dill’s image. Thank you for the suggestion to pause and capture the memory and the wonder!

    April 13, 2021
    • Write in Community

      Jeanne Dill’s photo is stunning. She captured a crane in flight perfectly. I appreciate your well-placed words, Judy.

      April 13, 2021
  • Shannon Siebert

    Love being reminded about the return of the cranes and how we can be inspired by such an annual event!

    April 14, 2021
    • Write in Community

      Thank you, Shannon. I love thinking about how all of us are connected when the cranes return year after year – even if it’s only for a few minutes.

      April 14, 2021

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