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Ken Larson was awarded the Bronze Star during two military tours in Vietnam. His career subsequently spanned 36 years with major aerospace and defense companies and small business consulting. Ken received the SCORE National Achievement Award in 2010 and the MicroMentor Award for Outstanding Service In Mentorship in 2021. Micro Mentor and SCORE are non-profit organization offering free assistance to small business in business planning, operations, marketing and other aspects of success.

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"I choose, for moderate comfort, a thin tree
whose tallest branch has yet one leaf
hunched brown. A flag? Defiance? Obstinance?
A declaration I suppose.
I make it mine."

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Leaf by M. Travis Lane (2024 Opaat Press/@annickmacaskill) https://tinyurl.com/2tpuh2zb

Handwritten transcription of the poem "Leaf" by M. Travis Lane - an uncapped black pen sits on the notebook page and the poetry pamphlet sits nearby

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Your work is an exquisite use of simile in tying a simple leaf's appearance to human emotion and demeanor.

I find similar satisfaction in such expressions, although not nearly as simple and elegant as your passages,

"SYNERGY"

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Cold Feet

February: Visiting a frozen waterfall in the Highlands of with a guide, and he led one of our party across the knee-deep snow to a safe viewpoint. I wasn't confident enough to follow them!

Hrafnabjargafoss is only really accessible in summer, because it is located on a highland road that is closed to the public in the winter months. Even in summer, it can only be reached safely in a 4WD vehicle.

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A photo of a snow- and ice-covered landscape, under a solid grey sky. The foreground is a snowfield with dark rocks poking through, around the base of the rocks the wind has scalloped the snow showing the depth. The horizon is a similar line of dark rock and snow. In the centre of the shot are two figures, dressed in dark clothing, standing near - but not dangerously close - to the edge of a drop. Just behind them a partially frozen river is running in from the right, and on the left it breaks over the drop. Part of a waterfall is visible, and columns and organ pipes of snow-covered solid ice where the falls has frozen.
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    Frigid climates do indeed perform impressive landscapes. Your pic admirably juxtaposes our meager physical presence to nature's majesty I always shiver a bit when I pass by this Minnesota artistry at 20 below zero.

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