Saturday, October 24, 2009
In the country of whales
(TAPS, as you request...) A camera was one of the many pieces of basic equipment I didn't have the summer of the whales. We had some borrowed binoculars, one pair only(which sounds odd, a pair of one binoculars... like a pair of pants. )between us. Pencils and pens and notebook, purchased at Alert Bay. Over the course of the years, sadly, it has been mislaid: I have not seen that notebook in many a day, and it was not, if I say it myself, a bad little book of research notes and sketches. Well,...
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Friday, October 23, 2009
The Whales
It was orcas that brought me to the Pacific NW, back in 1975. We drove a car that wanted delivering to San Francisco, then hitched north to the farther reaches of Vancouver Island--a tale in itself, that journey--where we found a ride to a small island with a little bay and inlet, and once we got there, a population of two. We watched whales and everything else in that marvelous place for 5 weeks. The rain was nearly incessant that August of 1975, and we were woefully ignorant and ill-prepared....
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Something wonderful on the news tonight...
http://www.kirotv.com/video/21397178/index.html
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Jack'o'lantern 09
http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/sets/72157622516724945/
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Day Six...
He's hangin' in there... Still struggling to get off the street, out of the woods... to keep his finances afloat, a rickety, fragile boat that requires constant bailing. I told him I would pay him to play, and have... and will keep on doing so. Looks like I may have to buy this guitar tomorrow when his bills are due. I should start a fund!
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