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Beach Boys, Second Generation
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Beach Boys, Second Generation
See the motley little band
trudge the beach, tip cup in hand.
A funnel stuffed into a hose––
is held to lips and then one blows.
Two other small musicians lug
a twenty-liter water jug.
Later, one begins to hum
accompanying his buddy’s drum.
I’ve shown these photos before, but the poem is new, for: dVerse Poets Quadrille Challenge: Drum
There is Hope for Our Earth When People Act!!!
With the Amazonian rainforest being deforested at the rate of three football fields per minute, there is still hope if individuals choose to act.
https://www.intelligentliving.co/ethiopia-plants-353-million-trees/
Amazonian Rainforest Deforested at Rate of Three Football Fields Per Minute!!!
I received this posting from my friend Rachel McMillan. It directly relates to the reblog I just did of Forgottenman’s posting of the “I’m mad as Hell and I’m not gonna put up with it anymore” post as well as the next one I’m going to post. It is time people acted. Corporations, lawmakers and institutions are not going to do it for them without the push of the people.
I’M MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
This two part blog by Forgottenman is one that absolutely captures how many of us are feeling, I think, so want to share it with those who don’t already follow his blog.
FOTD June 14, 2020
Muhammed Ali on Black and White
Active Writing Life Lakeside
The Ojo del Lago just reran this piece on writers who live in the Lake Chapala area. It was written by Jim Tipton, a wonderful local poet who passed away a few years ago. It gives a view of the vast variety of writers who live here. Go here to see it: https://www.chapala.com/lakechapala/writers-at-lakeside/
With Science
con·science: Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘inner thoughts or knowledge’): via Old French from Latin conscientia, from conscient- ‘being privy to’, from the verb conscire, from con- ‘with’ + scire ‘know’.
With Science
This word conscience–that pull from deep within us to do what’s right for the world? If we look at the original meaning of the root word “con,” it means “with science or knowledge.” And if science is the study of the natural world, then look to nature to understand yourself. Be cognizant of the fact that we are interdependent. Begin to hear the echoes of your own well-being in the state of nature. It uses what ammunition it can to bring its truths to our notice: flood, fire, more violent hurricanes, a rise in temperature, Coronavirus.
As much as we search for truth in the laboratory, it is in the wilderness that we find our answers. We cannot create anything except from the materials of nature, for that is all there is. We are a part of it, not its end. In choosing to blithely destroy the patterns of nature, we destroy ourselves.
Prompt words for today are wilderness, cognizant, begin, conscience and echoes.
On the Straight
Sometimes it is hard to decide which line it is most important to make completely vertical or horizontal in a photo. Especially in Mexico, where things are many times not exactly square! Here are two shots I took and the decisions I made in leveling. The first shot in each sequence is the original shot.
Since none of the trees were parallel anyway, it bothered me most that the roofline was not horizontal, so that is what I used to level the shot.
Since my house is situated on a hill, it is always a hard decision to decide what to make horizontal and it looks off no matter what I do. In the original shot, it bothers me that the front wall is not horizontal. Even if I level it, the shot is awkward because of the upward slope of the hill. One solution is just to crop off the bottom part of the scene so the street doesn’t show.
For the Sunday Stills Challenge. “Let’s Get Something Straight.”
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