Favorite Quote: Not All…
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; J. R. R. Tolkien
Columbus’ Pedestal at Night
Where lies the land to which the ship would go?
Far, far ahead is all her seamen know.
And where the land she travels from? Away,
Far, far behind, is all that they can say.excerpt from Where Lies the Land
by Arthur Hugh Clough
Through That Gate of Glass…
I know a garden with three strange gates
Of silver, of gold, and glass.
At every gate, in a deep, soft voice,
A sentinel murmurs, “Pass.”At night I passed through the silver gate,
An ivory moon rode high;
I heard the song of the silver stars
That swung in the silver sky.I walked at dawn through the gate of gold,
And came to a golden sea.
Seven mermaids rose from the golden waves
And fluttered white hands to me.At last I came to the other gate.
The sentinel murmured, “Pass!”
I never will tell what lovely things
I saw through that gate of glass.
-‘The Last Gate’ by Stella Mead
Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. -Genesis 2:15 NKJV
Quote: Everyone is Guilty
During a tense conversation between Councilman Hardin and Sermak.
Hardin: “Perhaps! Your opinions are yours, of course. Still you are rather young.”
Sermak: Dryly. “It is a fault that most people are guilty of at some period of their life…”
-Isaac Asimov’s book “Foundation”
Sweat, Tears, AND Sea
“The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea.”
–Isak Dinesen
When the waves are big enough to deliver the occasional pounding and you’re having so much fun sweat forms on your brow then you know it’s a great day at the sea!
The day started with me hoping to catch a glimpse of the sun rise through the cloud covered horizon. To my dismay the quiet wait for sunrise was shared with a long line of fishermen up and down the beach. As fate would have it I walked into the middle of a fishing competition. It turned out the group next to me was a man short for qualification to enter the contest so they kindly adopted me for a couple hours!
Shortly after day break several dolphins swam by about 150 yards from shore. The moment was truly spectacular because in all the mornings at the beach this was the first time I witnessed dolphins swim by.
By afternoon the beach was clear without a trace of the fishing competition. It turned into a stellar afternoon at the beach with so many unexpected blessings that I scarcely can name them. The weather forecast contained nothing but rain for the entire weekend and despite not bringing my board I found one to borrow for a couple hours (cough). The waves ranged from small breakers to huge rollers and the water temp was just right for leaving my wet suite behind. It was shared with a great crowd (and lifeguards) from the conference. Fortunately someone had their DSLR at the beach and was kinda enough to send me something to remember one of the better days of summer spent at the beach.