Reflection

What the Water Keeps

Moving water changes the landscape slowly, then all at once — a reminder that persistence rarely asks to be noticed.
What the Water Keeps, a nature story and photograph by Kristen Joy

Water does not hurry the stone. It returns, follows the contours, and keeps moving. The landscape holds the evidence of that patience in every softened edge and narrow passage. Some changes arrive this way: quietly, faithfully, one small movement after another.