DECEMBER 15 - 20, 2018
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 December 15-20, 2018 Rockie on Fox Island, from Wilderness Sunday, December 15, 1918 Time passes by slowly as we head toward the darkest day of the year and the slow beginning of light gain. “This is another day that is hardly worth recording,” Kent writes, “one that would not be missed from a life.” As he writes this, perhaps he is reminded of what he wrote back in late August after he stood with Olson and Rockie at the end of the trail by the Fox Island lake: “These are the times in life -- when nothing happens – but in quietness the soul expands.” He’s experiencing real quietness, real isolation, real soul-searching. Today he dedicates his journal in Wilderness to his son. As we all know, children can both drive you crazy and keep you sane. In Kent’s case, having Rockie around invigorates him, energizes him, gives him inspiration and hope. The