Paddling Out The Stars is a poetic, bi-level—left-brain/right-brain—mid-summer kayak-cruise on a semi-wilderness, Northern Ontario lake. Its basic framework is a factual, observational cruise around that lake beginning in the early evening of a clear, hot day, and continuing, with many stops—one long one at a small beach for a read-snooze-and-swim—that extends what was intended to be a short, evening cruise, deep into the ensuing night. The poet describes the lake and his kayak-cruise on it in close, left-brained detail; he as well describes the numerous birds and animals he encounters.
However, lying lightly atop that factual, left-brained framework is an unfolding array of philosophical observations and ponderings of a mystical, spiritual, and holistic nature, particularly once darkness has enveloped the lake and the stars are being "paddled out." This kayak-cruise can be thoroughly left-brain enjoyed just for its observational, descriptive aspects, but it also provides much right-brain sustenance for any readers with right-brained inclinations who also like to "feed their Spirits" when they are reading.