“Not only sands and gravels Were once more on their travels, But gulping muddy gallons Great boulders off their balance Bumped heads together dully And started down the gully.” Robert Frost, “One Step Backward Taken” Robert Frost was writing about a “universal crisis” that could be environmental or psychological.  With “one step backward taken” he compared averting a personal crisis (being swept down the gully) to … Continue reading One step backward taken: The Eklutna River returns (briefly)