The river flows to the sea.
It’s the way the world works. No matter where the drop of rain, or flake of snow, falls, eventually, the same water will end up in the sea. (I can think of only a handful of exceptions — including the Dead Sea watershed.)
Yes, some of the water will go deep into the soil to nourish plants or continue down to an aquifer. Other individual drops will be slurped up by animals.
The remaining drops, combined with many others will form a rivulet, a stream, a creek, a river, a larger river, and then to the sea. Always going from high point to low the water demonstrates gravity to those who pay attention.
Humans have lived on the banks of these rivers since before recorded history. They drank the sweet water. They learned to catch and cook the fish. They built rafts and boats to travel from one settlement to another.
Humans still live on the banks of rivers. Many cities grew at the point where rivers joined each other or met the sea. Humans have lived along the river in the photograph for centuries. Europeans arrived 400 years past. The posts look like the remains of a much more recent dock. The rock has been placed to prevent the bank from collapsing and widening the already generous river.
Do you have a favorite river you like to watch? Perhaps from a local park or certain building?
The Mississippi River (not in the photo) is important to the fictional village of Elm Ridge, Illinois during the 1850’s. Check out this pair of sweet historical romance for a story of to young immigrants – New Dreams – and an American woman and Pennsylvania Deutsch man – Stitching a Dream. Follow the links for more information:
New Dreams: https://amzn.to/3vWydWE
Stitching a Dream: https://amzn.to/3VwoeFh
