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Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Body Language of Whales

One of the great frustrations of our 5 weeks on the island was that the orcas never came in close to us when we could see them well. It has been observed in other times and places not distant from our island--therefore involving the same whales, same pods of whales--that the orcas do not tend to come close when people are agitated, upset, emotionally out-of-true; they come close when observers are calm and centered, in quiet emotional trim. Interesting, though circumstantial rather than... Sign in to see full entry.

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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,... Sign in to see full entry.

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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.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Something wonderful on the news tonight...

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Jack'o'lantern 09

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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! Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

And the winner is...

Got an email this morning from my son. This term he signed up for a beginning acting class, after last year's theater makeup class tickled his fancy. (Those who've followed this blog a while have seen the pictures not so very far back, of his enthusiastic transformations: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/617030 also: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/617666 and http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ciel/616961 ) Well, he has been a live-action roleplay gamer for years. In... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 19, 2009

Three days...

My friend showed up for breakfast and brought his guitar with him. Now it will live here, and if he feels a need to sell it, I have first refusal. I won't refuse, of course, I will own it and he will have it to play. It's not a big name guitar, but it does have a nice sound, better than the ones I have had around here. He and guitars are like me and cameras. He came back this evening and played for a while, we recorded a little and talked some more about putting together a homemade video of his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Two Days...

Those of you who have read here over the past few years already know about my friend who plays the guitar, who does some fairly unexpected and troublesome things from time to time, who owns a piece of my heart for reasons beyond the comprehension of most people who have observed our painful relationship over the past nearly 20 years, who lives outside, who is an alchoholic. It has been almost 2 years since I really got it that I cannot help him by being helpful. He doesn't distinguish a lucky... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Ahoy there! Cultural accomplishment off the starboard bow!

There are some cultural exposures every adequately-educated person in our society needs, so references to the Mona Lisa, for instance, or League of Nations or "...but I never inhaled" don't leave a blank stare of uncomprehension on one's face. This past 3 weeks, I have filled in one of the numerous gaps in my own cultural exposure: I read all 11 volumes of the Horatio Hornblower saga. That boast established, I wonder, what other reading suggestions do you have for one to be sure of a properly... Sign in to see full entry.

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