Fire was on the other side of the ridge bringing the bears to the hillside of Two Medicine Lake. I watched them from a distance as they foraged in the short brush. That afternoon on a tour boat cruising the length of the lake, a huge grizzly bear was seen on the shore.
On the return trip, the grizzly had moved from the shoreline to a mound of black huckleberries. On the other side of the bushes, a woman was picking the berries, oblivious to the bear.
Mountain Bear Woman
Joined in kindred spirit at
Two Medicine Lake
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dVerse animal prompt – this was the first time I ever saw a grizzly at Glacier National Park
wordshophop 
Wow. Just wow. What an amazing encounter.
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I was glad to be in the boat!
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I bet!
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I really like the Native American feel to this. I am envious of their oneness with nature, a mutual understanding of one another. Such a serenity in this.
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I agree with Victoria, the language just add to the story. I can imagine that you lost a bit the urge to pick Huckleberries
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I hope there was no encounter with the two enjoying the berries.
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I remember my time in Alberta, surrounded by mountains. You really brought out that spiritual connection with nature ~
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Love the haibun and the spiritual encounter of the woman and the bear. I hope they never knew the other was there. As the others have said, the Native American aspects of this made it even more special.
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I love so much about your haibun, Jane: firstly, it’s about a woman-bear encounter – no men involved; secondly, it’s set on the hillside of Two Medicine Lake, an exotic name for a Brit; thirdly, it’s a wonderful grizzly, which I would love to but will never see in my lifetime; it has huckleberries, which I’ve heard of but neither seen nor tasted; and there are kindred spirits!.
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We probably don’t know how often we are within range of a kindred spirit in the woods!
Dwight
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