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THE POCONOS
Story & Photography by Margie Goldsmith
opened the glass door to the verandah of weekend stay at The Lodge at Woodloch would
my hotel room and froze. About ten feet be very special.
away were three deer munching on the Eventually the deer ran off, but now there
I grass: two does and a fawn. Their heads was another surprise: directly opposite my
shot up as they spotted me, but I didn’t move. verandah was a ten-foot-tall waterfall cascad-
Neither did they. I’d never seen deer that close. ing from a rock garden. Waterfalls symbolize
In many cultures, the deer symbolizes spiritual letting go, cleansing, and energy flow. Surely
authority, so I took this as a sign that my this was a good omen.
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