wound-spots

Updated: May 6, 2025

Over his head, beyond him, was the great Bear's gaze, far away toward Tallac or far away on the sea, we knowing not which or why, but pacing pacing pacing held like the storied Wandering One to a life of ceaseless journey a journey aimless, endless, and sad. The wound-spots long ago have left his shaggy coat, but the earmarks still are there, the ponderous strength, the elephantine dignity.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac