On a brisk mid-west evening, I left for the park by the river for a stroll with my recorder and ended up walking ON the frozen Milwaukee River. Not a very smart move on my part, I have to say, but as soon as I got to the center of the river, the 6pm church bells started ringing out from all around me. You can hear two distict bells ringing out from the East and West. From what I could tell I was just north of the churches, but about equal distance from both churches to my left and right. My map helps illustrate my location between the churches. What stood out to me, as I was litteraly walking on water, was just how far these bells could be from me, how they sounded so clear and yet so far away with no nearby buildings for the sound to bounce off of. It was minutes from total sundown and as I walked off the river and back through the park I thought about how the church bells were signaling the end of the day and saying goodnight to the sun.
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