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Monday, June 10, 2013

Amphibious Approach

Guided by decades of seasons
Meekly approaching
Only under the cover of night
She lands




Her last obstacle overcome
Her clutch deposited


 



She returns to that big blue forever
Her solution






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8 comments:

  1. When people talk of intelligent design, I always think of this. I mean, think of that one little girl swimming her little heart out... And, when she gets bigger and the time comes, she instinctively makes her trek back up the beach. She never asks how she got there, she just does what she does. But, she likely has an instinctive understanding of the probabilities and is definitely not thinking about being blessed from above...

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    1. Stronger than any of our professions of faith, yet weaker than our careless actions we subject her to. The beaches are strewn with discarded hazards we humans apparently toss without a thought. I find myself wondering why so much time is spent investing in the currency of faith when it is our collective actions that are bankrupt. If there really is such thing as intelligence design, there are unmistakable flaws in what we choose to do to disrupt its beauty. That we can see. Anyone who argues otherwise professes too much.

      As a denizen, I've definitely contributed to my share of the mess. I can always do less in that regard.

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  2. Maybe it's a mothering instinct deep down in me... but I always want to give the little ones a fighting chance. For as much as I enjoy nature documentaries when shit goes south I get mad. Why aren't they saving/helping the little critter? How are they just filming as little (even endangered) species just die off? I think it is my love for "soulless" creatures and questions of established faiths that made me a pariah (and my association my mother) in church. I do think there is a method to the madness... but how far I am willing to buy into the madness is the question.

    Imma big softy I suppose, I have more care for animals than I do for humans. Aside from shitting on my lawn or tearing up the yard, they never did me wrong. As for people, well I am sure there has been a burrito or two that has had special sauce or pubes in it. Humans are such shits. *sigh*

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    1. When attempting to ‘assist’ creatures during their transition into the world, results have been disastrous – a bit of a learning curve for me. The more experience with understanding what parts are what, the easier the ‘gore’ has become to tolerate. Still, I don’t think I’d ever become a good mortician. Somehow, it just doesn’t come naturally to me. Though, that’s not to say I still couldn’t be trained.

      Generally speaking – there are exceptions to everything ya’ know – violence is not something I enjoy watching. Movies and television glamorize the stuff so often that a person becomes insensitive to the fact that they are, to varying degrees, supporting a system that does much worse. (This line of thought is perhaps best continued in response to your Milgran comments…)

      Back to the little creatures. To give them a fighting chance, in the case of the loggerhead turtles, people have been asked to keep their dogs in check and not drive their vehicles down the beach. Still, there’s so much trash that washes ashore in addition to what people simply leave. Summer season is near and, as usual, there’s more trash left on the beach. Apparently, not enough people are giving a big enough collective hoot about this stuff. Which, in my mind, would be less of a sin were there a lack of resources to collectively educate the masses in this country. Then again, I don’t think it has much to do with education, formal or otherwise. Priorities.

      People are just so used to the trash, they think it’s no big deal. Like the prevalence of truly bad teeth (malocclusions and cavities galore), no one seems to notice or care. There’s just a different set of values. Most of which appear to be so focused, through schooling, on the group that the environment of which we are all part of is viewed as inconsequential.

      As a nation, this place is pretty shit when it comes to stewardship.

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    2. Poor hygiene disgusts me. I would fair poorly in Japan. I hate talking to people who have rot happening in their mouth. I understand cavities happen but get those things drilled out and filled. It stinks of death....

      I would say as far as trash goes, it seems no matter the people that go collecting garbage it makes no difference. For every piece of trash picked up, 10 more are littered. Our area has a protected habitat for the Snowy Plover, I still have never seen on. I do see, that there is an ORV recreation area along the fence where the 'protected' are is. :/

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    3. Dental Horror Stories: Chapter Something

      Once upon a time, I taught a young naval dentist and his wife somewhere in deep countryside (which is almost always near water in island-nation Japan). Mr. Dentist told me about how he was visiting some fishing village somewhere to do PR work. He was surprised at the ignorance he ran across. His evidence was given an anecdote about how he was speaking with a fisherman who assured him that everyone knew how to care for their teeth already since the family had a toothbrush they all used.

      Somewhere I remember something about hygiene reflecting on a person's state of awareness. There area a lot of severely discolored teeth here, both extrinsic and intrinsic. Decay, like litter, is so prevalent that the only time anyone seems to notice is when they can't help it... like when there is a meltdown.

      To a certain degree, I've acclimated.

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  3. I have images of her all around me.
    In Hawaii, legend tells about a green sea turtle, Kauila, who could change herself into a girl to watch over the children playing at Punalu'u Beach on the Big Island. When Kauila's mother dug her nest, a fresh water spring surged upward, quenching the children's thirst. Kauila is the "mythical mother" of all turtles, and perhaps of our children as well. It's also said that turtles were the guides for the first voyagers to Hawaii.

    She watches over me Will, somebody has got to. If I took a 360 shot of the room I'm in right now you could count maybe 50 different images of her.

    They call it Hawaii /The sandwich Islands (ever notice my frequent eluding to of sandwiches?)

    It's a place a felt like no place on earth..

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/x9iryk1ypm5g0ui/Various%20Artists%20-%20On%20and%20on.mp3

    Ho'onua - On and On.

    Very rare. Keep it. The lyrics exist on a Ukelele forum...beautiful stuff!

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    1. Sun and sand
      Dream and stay tanned
      ...see where it lands.

      Did notice that you mentioned how toasting the bread and adding a little butter really can enhance a sammich. Lightly toasted sounds good. I tend to lean toward olive oil (if it hasn't gone off) or grapeseed oil. And maybe some avocado. Yeah, did notice the sandwich references, and how easy some things are.

      Ho'noua... nice. Now listening to Paradise. Makes it easy to smile.



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