After 37 years working for the State of Minnesota, upon retirement I took a pilgrimage from the source of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. As one part of my life died and the next began, I wrote this long poem about the trip. It was published as a chapbook by the University of Wisconsin Madison Library's Parallel Press in 2013. The opening music is from Pundela's Farewell by The SpiritHouse Quartet. The end music is the musical accompaniment of Glen Helgeson on the poem Tears with Timothy Young on their CD, Riding a Dark Wind
