On warm autumn days with nary a breeze disturbing the stillness of picturesque Jordan Lake environs, late afternoon strolls down sandy shorelines encourage willing hearts to commune with amicable phantoms of the lake.
Persistent lack of rain favors liberating large swathes of land—along with tangible and ethereal echoes of the past—from the benevolent comforts of said watery realm. In many places exposed sand banks lure fishers as well as water fowl and shape new shorelines with secluded coves and treed spits of land. The shore now extends as much as one hundred yards into former lake boundaries. Relics and remembrances of farms, homesteads and lives uprooted by flooding the New Hope Valley to fill the reservoir four decades ago lie exposed to wind and sun once more. Their revenant whispers carried by autumn breezes haunt adventurers on quests for relics and casual passersby alike.
© Ilija Lukić 2023
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