summer touchpoint

after nearly 10 years of doing STILL, i have come to have several touchpoints through the year. some peoples’ touchpoints throughout a calendar year might be holidays (easter, 4th of july, thanksgiving, christmas). for those with school-age kids, you may have different touchpoints (spring break, summer vacation, back to school, and halloween for example). well, my touchpoints are very different. for example:  ice out on the lake, first red-winged black bird, first pussy willow, first fiddlehead etc. etc. etc.  i’ve started collecting my year of touchpoints into a seasonal calendar called 72 microseasons of the north. when it is complete, i will share it with you all. anyway, that is a long wind up to say that “musk thistles sway along roadsides” is definitely one of my june touchpoints.

musk thistle