title: Journey Seeking Beauty: A Poem is a House of Words
author: S Dronen
description: A former teacher of writing, mother and grandmother, Ms.Dronen currently lives in the Northwest; she holds degrees from The University of Washington, Bellingham University, and Lesley University. Prior publications available at Amazon: The Ramp, a novel, Some Poems, a collection, and Prayers to Heaven.
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  # A Sisterly Scheme
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### H. C. Bunner
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  
  AWAY up in the very heart of Maine there is a mighty lake among the mountains.
  It is reached after a journey of many hours from the place where you "go in."
  That is the phrase of the country, and when you have once "gone in," you know
  why it is not correct to say that you have gone through the woods, or, simply,
  to your destination. You find that you have plunged into a new world-a world
  that has nothing in common with the world that you live in; a world