By Ed Thexton
For most of my life, I’ve lived with creeks. They’re a big part of my life. It’s a funny sort of word. The eek in creek is something you don’t find in river or waterway – too solemn by far. It might be the eek in the creek that attracts kids. Kids and creeks go together.
As a kid, I was lucky. A country kid of the 70s with a country creek. How was I to know that my creek was special? Not that all creeks aren’t special. The union of earth, wind and fire, a boogey wonderland, the moon and the clouds. Creeks, kids and fun go together.
It’s fun to be alive and creeks are alive. Movement is fun. Water moves. Today’s creek is not tomorrow’s creek. A creek is infinitely responsive. If it rains, if it doesn’t rain, the wonders of gravity never cease; 24/7, water finds its way to the lowest point. And not just the visible – creeks are the visible embodiment of the subterranean. The water is always moving. From clouds, overland, through land and underland, a creek reflects it all. The mystery. What’s not to like?
For most of my life, I’ve lived with creeks. They’re a big part of my life. It’s a funny sort of word. The eek in creek is something you don’t find in river or waterway – too solemn by far. It might be the eek in the creek that attracts kids. Kids and creeks go together.
As a kid, I was lucky. A country kid of the 70s with a country creek. How was I to know that my creek was special? Not that all creeks aren’t special. The union of earth, wind and fire, a boogey wonderland, the moon and the clouds. Creeks, kids and fun go together.
It’s fun to be alive and creeks are alive. Movement is fun. Water moves. Today’s creek is not tomorrow’s creek. A creek is infinitely responsive. If it rains, if it doesn’t rain, the wonders of gravity never cease; 24/7, water finds its way to the lowest point. And not just the visible – creeks are the visible embodiment of the subterranean. The water is always moving. From clouds, overland, through land and underland, a creek reflects it all. The mystery. What’s not to like?