Sunday, September 19, 2004
Biography of a diamond continued
In her longing to return to our mineral kingdom, Di recounts that she learned patience. Then one day it happened. The headman's daughter fell in love with Di's beauty and brilliance. She wanted our diamond in the worst way. Day and night she plotted and thought, how to get that diamond for her very...
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Saturday, September 18, 2004
Di A. Mond's Biography Continues
It wasn't long before Di found herself as the centerpiece of the Headman's altar. Here she remained for thousands of human years (2 or 3 of our breaths). Here she listened to the depths of the human heart. She heard the deep longings of The People. She was called on to help in times of war and...
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Autobiography of a diamond continued
One day, a villager who lived near the cave decided to take a rest from the hot afternoon's work. He entered the cave and was cooled by my Aunts and Uncles from the Grant IT Rock clan. As his eyes adjusted to the little bit of light that poured through the now distance cave entrance, he caught a...
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Friday, September 17, 2004
The Autobiography of Di A. Mond
Billions of Earth-years ago, a great fire swept over the planet. Over half the Great Forests were consumed. Di was born from the charred remains of a once great Pine. She lay in the womb of EARTH for millions of years. Slowly, under millions of tons of mother above her Di was born, a diamond of...
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Rocks: The Salt of the Earth
We rocks are the salt of the earth. In fact, salt is considered a crystal rock and has a high place in our mineral kingdom. My great great Grandfather on my Mother's side was a large salt crystal formation left by evaporating sea water. Humans apparently have little understanding of or respect for...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Dumb as a Rock?
Greetings and welcome to all from the universe according to rocks. (Hey, we have been around a lot longer than you humans!) Perhaps I should share a little of the lesser know facts about us. First, without sounding ego-centered, we rocks are extremely patient and wise! Our respiration rate is less...
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