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at this very moment

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:33 -0600

Oahu Island, HawaiiJohn Archibald Wheeler said, ”We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.”Makes me wonder if he spent much time standing by the sea. As I view this image it occurs to me that waves are still lapping their way to shore at this very moment. Do you ever think about things like that?

the motion of walking

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:26 -0600

Oahu Island, HawaiiOur oldest son, John walking at dusk. When I close my eyes I can almost feel the cool wind and hear the surf breaking on the rocks. Big sigh...Searching through old papers looking for something entirely different, I ran across something I'd torn from an old magazine. The page; now yellowed with time is from the May 1987 edition of REDBOOK. When I read the words I've included below, I remember thinking, "This is how I'll feel one day".

night watch

I am taut,

suspended,

wanting sleep

but wide awake,

waiting for

the sound of you.

It is irrational,

but I can neither

cancel fear

of the unknown,

nor yet concede

that you are now

a man.
– so beautifully written by: Genevieve Smith Whitford

101 in the shade

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:07 -0600

That would be 101 degrees fahrenheit with humidity levels not much lower than the temp.Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.– Kin Hubbard