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Gleanings From Living Long
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Category: Environmental
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The dance of life. The rhythm of the seasons. Summer winding down.
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Every relationship that we begin will one day end. Pelicans high in the sky, only a moment shared and gone. Without a photograph, I might forget, until I see others like them on another day. Fading light, moon rising, everything constantly changing. This world is a feast for the eyes and…
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It is fascinating how many wild critters live side by side with humans. Sometimes to their peril and other times, their salvation. Yesterday a happy ending story came my way from Baltimore. A baby raccoon was rescued from a down spout, 4 feet below the ground. After being trapped for nearly 24…
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Balancing on a surfboard with a paddle is challenging enough. This guy takes his dog along! It is pure joy watching them. The furry one, in his excitement, manages to walk the length of the board, going through his companion's legs to get to the back! Only once did he knock…
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A new day begins. Another chance to get it right, get it done, or maybe to just be. Be in the day, really in the day, today. No worrying, no planning, and definitely no panicking. Picnicking maybe, but no panicking. Just for today. And maybe tomorrow too! (Yesterday's Sunrise,…
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Determined to get into the ocean yesterday evening after work to cleanse myself of an oncoming summer cold, I decided to assess the blatant warnings: Blowing sand – storm eminent. Fish jumping – possible sharks(!) One surfer near me and some swimmers farther down the beach – ? No lightning or thunder.…
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It didn't say anything, it just waved. Fish eye effect! Imagine if the earth waved like water…we would be in serious trouble!
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Now that's a nice green. (Banana tree leaf, disguising itself as a fish. It looks like it's growing teeth.) (Watch out!)
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Lucky Anhinga, everything it needs within diving or flying distance, enjoying the feast of the Everglades, without worries- not even bothered by the tourists on the boardwalk snapping photos. Maybe we humans are just tourists on this planet. We seem to have organized ourselves in very strange and self defeating ways. …
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Three guys, a girl, and two dogs, passing like ships in the night. Maybe she's the Girl From Ipanema… "She looks straight ahead, not at he." Maybe not. What if the guy on the right, let's call him David, meets her in 5 years and they fall madly in love. They'll…
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