tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14349345913404084842024-03-13T21:15:00.628-07:00whale talkerUrmashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05372012621386015097noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434934591340408484.post-33726914424965326562016-09-29T16:05:00.003-07:002018-04-27T19:18:52.708-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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my most recent completed rock art. What a joy it is for me to be able to
combine this solid natural element with the fluid beauty of paint. It’s almost
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light overcast right now – prelude to something heavier I hope (uh oh). Oh, in
my swim this morning I saw my first bullseye puffer in a while and a group of
three spotted boxfish plus my Machetes or (hundreds of them that swim with me
every morning)? Also guineafowl puffers, balloon fish, blunthead triggerfish,
Moorish idol, purple surgeonfish, cortez rainbow wrasse, king angelfish,
Mexican goat fish, blue and gold snapper, golden jacks, flag cabrilla. I’m not
showing them all but you get the idea about why I enjoy doing laps in the ocean
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when the sea is to rough I am eternally grateful to my neighbors Leslie and
Alex Cook for letting me use their lap pool – thank you so much my dear
friends. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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even started my laps I saw way in the distance off Alan’s point four or five
big bodies doing the surfing thing. Too small for whales, too big for dolphins,
no high dorsal so not Orca. No chance for better view so still no idea. There
are at least half a dozen possibilities and even with my bionic eyes I just
could not see enough detail. I was so hoping they were Orcas so I could maybe
swim to them. But alas they swam further out to sea.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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a really nice video of an explanation of the importance of Marine Protected
Areas. This is what I have been devoting my time here for the past 13 years.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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a TS (maybe hurricane) right over us tomorrow. Right now very still, little
breeze, sea slightly agitated, sky overcast – ominous feeling in the air. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Newton (cat 1-2) Strikes at 12:00 midnight w/ intense wind around 3-6am. Rain
enough to start 5 leaks in the house. I am busy all night long trying to hold
back the leaks. Electric out too so house hot (no fans) and no lights, fridge
out. I have candles and a head lamp that breaks right during the most critical
time. Nothing to do but swiftly repair it and back to work. Lots of breathwave
& meditation to stay calm. Extra lorazepam. Winds literally “rock” the
house.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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“fitful” night electric on for awhile while I start cleanup. Electric goes out
again around 3:00pm won’t come on again for another two days. My water pump
continues to run at minimum voltage thereby heating it and threatening a burn
out. I fortunately pass it and hear the fine slight hum, touch it – damn hot!
Disconnect the wires and hope that the pump is not burned out.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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has been swept away but found by Luis in front of Jeff’s place, Susan’s in
front of Carla’s.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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electric all day again. I spent most of afternoon on roof to escape what heat I
could. No internet so kids probably a bit concerned. 9:30pm and electric still
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working – thank the gods!! </span><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">But a real chore to get it going again. Jose’s young fellow
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swim in slightly rolly, murky water, only 10 laps, beach way different. Smell
of death & decay, palapas down, my car palapa held but tweaked (thank Dr. Alexander),
Cook’s palapa tight (luis)</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Things
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brought out some unsavory critters and I have had two close encounters: one
with a black widow another with a scorpion. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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black widow had decided to build her nursery right next to the inside door knob
at my bodega. When I went in to check for water damage I happened to glance at
the knob just before gripping it and I saw her. Since my stroke my right hand
and arm are not as coordinated as they used to be so it took some pounding to
finally destroy her. That was close – pure luck. Then when I went to take a
shower that night and I see a 2” scorpion on my bath mat. I get ready for
another hopefully successful pounding but see it is dead? It must have been
under the mat when I stepped on it the night before, had the energy to crawl
out but died there. BTW: a week later while reading just before turning out the
lights I feel something on my bare shoulder. Thinking it’s one of those pesky
ants I brush it off – nope, another scorpion but a tiny one. I have been stung
by one of those before and I can tell you they pack a wallop! With sheer luck
it didn’t sting me and as it scampered away, I flung my arm with book in hand
and actually got it before it got away to try me some other time – pure luck! </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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all the critters have been of the nasty kind. The Millipedes are back, as are
butterflies and the lovely dragon flies. Below is a pic I took off Kersti’s FB.
I doubt my painting talents will ever reach this height, beautiful, no?</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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forgotten what a kick it is to read good (or even not so good sc/fi). Sometimes
even in the trash novels you find a new theme based on someone’s special
perspective of things extraterrestrial and it turns into a jolly good tale. If
you read a lot, you also start using terms or turns of phrases that suddenly
pop into your writing; like the “jolly good tale” above. I’m reading one of
those now entitled </span><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Mojave
Wells</span><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">. I’m not
recommending it as a must read but if you run across it, give it a shot.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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on exercise routine this morning with some special, and pretty constant swim mates:
Diamond Sting Rays, Machetes and Green Panamic Moray Eels. It sure is nice to
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"> We
are expecting another storm within the next few days. As of last night the
depression south of us continues to build and form. Got in my extra water
today, hope to see Jose with my new hurricane shutter also. We have plenty of
warning if the net is working so I can get someone to help (Jose, Alfonzo,
Vicente, Luis, Rubin) with the shutters pretty easily if I don’t wait too long.
I’d forgotten what hurricane season was like – intense when it hits. As I
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-weight: normal;">“A new study has led researchers to
conclude that Octopuses (NOT Octopi) have Alien DNA. Their genome shows a
never-before-seen level of complexity with a staggering 33,000 protein-coding
genes identified, more than in a human being”.</span></b></h3>
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<span style="color: white;">When I was working at the Bodega Marine Lab in 70-71 (as their
“collector”) I was also in charge of maintaining the specimen’s lab. These were
all live and kept in various size and types of tanks depending on species. One
of the professors was working with octopuses and I was able to watch them in
action. One of them had figured out how to exit and reenter it’s aquarium
through the air filter. You would have to see it to believe it but that’s not
all. This octopus then raided the large fish tank across the aisle, snatched
some chow and slithered back into it’s own abode unnoticed. For weeks, the
professor working with the fish could not understand where all his fish were
disappearing to. I happen to catch him “in the act” one night and when it
spotted (felt) my attention it simply stared me down! </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">This is a rather interesting article. I include it because I
am a true believer in the infinite possibilities that exist in our universe and
even more so in this multiverse that we inhabit. As Stephen Hawkings once
responded to the question, “Well Stephen, if what you say is true (Stephen’s
thoughts on certain Black Hole phenomena), Hobbits could actually exist
somewhere” - “ not only Hobbits but everything and anything that can be
imagined actually exits” he replied. With that as one of my guidelines I do not
easily dismiss the unusual. My uncle Boris was the son of my great aunt Betty
(Elizabeth) and her cavalry Colonel (Col. Maslenikof) husband in The White
Russian Army during the revolution. Just a little personal memory popping up.
Getting a lot of those lately. Prompted by this article. </span></div>
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certainly can “feel it in the air”. The plants will be soooo happy and if the
plants are happy the animals are happy. *We got some rain but nothing serious,
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<span style="color: white;">How’s this for a crop circle? Again, I remind you that these
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told me he had seen a dozen or more whales last week and not just humpbacks but
blues and sperms. Too far out (20 miles) for me to track but wow, exciting.
Another pangero saw about 20 Orcas just south of me last week the same day I
was kayaking – oh to have been with them – just one more swim with them and I
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I have toured Carlsbad Caverns in S. CA. Some of the incredible caves and
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one larger one (maybe 4-5”) that I assume is the male. They always make their
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whole beach. I remember how much fun it was for me, and very rare and special
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">To all those I left out to
thank in my last blog post – please forgive me. Especially my son Zack who has
always been a believer in his father’s “quest” and has come to share intimately
my experiences with the critters of the ocean; learning to love and interact
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recently finished and recommend highly.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> The Oracle of
Stamboul-Lukas, Firefly Lane-Hannah, Bones of the Master-Crane,A Thousand
Splendid Suns-Hosseini, The Gnostic Gospels-Pagels, Unfinished Conquest-Perera.
Without TV or in- home internet I read voraciously: lucky for me I always loved
to read! Many have suggested I buy a Kindle. Fact is I am also a born Luddite –
I love the “feel and smell” of a book, I like pages to turn and the intimacy of
it. I like to see them lying on my bed waiting to entertain me and to visit
like old friends. As long as there are books there is nowhere I can’t go or
interesting people I can’t meet.</span></span>
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regimen due to the heat. I am up at 5:00am, take a leisurely and light
breakfast and then walk down to the beach as the sun rises. I have cut down my
beach exercises in half and swim just 10 laps unless really feeling fit. I am
usually back at my place at 9:00am, take an outside shower to get the salt
water off and then lie down for a read and nap. Go into town, Cardonal, to do
any errands, visits, groceries: usually done by 11:00 then more reading or a
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episode of one of my favorite TV shows (Game of Thrones, Vikings, Deadwood,
Outlander, Orphan Black......some for the 4-6 time). BTW: anyone coming down
this way who can download this year’s episodes of the above (or others you may
deem interesting to me) and puts them on a thumb drive or external hard drive
for me to download here will receive my eternal gratitude. Back to reading then
walk to my internet connection around 4:00 and return around 5:00 because I am
getting tired by then. More solitaire (good for the coordination in my right
hand, wrist and arm – victims of the stroke and I simply enjoy it.)</span></span></div>
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two, prepare dinner, another episode along with dinner, in bed by 7:30-8:00,
read myself to sleep. That’s the way it’s going to be for awhile until the
critters start returning in November.</span></span></div>
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a family of Geckos living with me in the house (through the graciousness of my
Q’s I have been invited to stay in their home instead of the trailer). For
those of you who have seen their home you know what a pleasant place it is. The
Geckos are fantastic to watch, make little noise and hunt all kinds of unsavory
critters that might otherwise be an annoyance. I also have at least two Spiny
Tailed Iguanas living just outside and of course the usual menagerie of lizards
and small snakes....oh, and lots of chipmunks and jack rabbits. As usual at
this time of year the local cows are free ranging closer to the ocean for
“greener pastures” and causing an unpleasant din with their cow bells and their
propensity to stretch their necks over the fence to get at anything green. I
have no love for cows!</span></span></div>
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started and though nothing nearby so far they are marching right along one
after another out on our Pacific side. </span></span></div>
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out with Alan kayaking.......and , yes again I called in a whale. I believe it
was a Brydes or maybe a fin. There is more to this story – “again” means half a
dozen times – honestly!</span></span></div>
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the college that “of course there is other life in the universe, more likely
within our own galaxy and probably in this solar system”. I said that if found
I would throw a party and we would toast the new paradigm that would
necessarily ensue, especially being able to dump all the religious mythologies
that have so barred our evolution as a species. Well, we are getting closer but
the party will have to be down here – I find long distance traveling
uncomfortable at best, The US is not the country I remember and I tire easily
(except when I am swimming), HAH.</span></span></div>
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intentionally stored for “the future” by people of the Menominee tribe of North
Eastern Wisconsin, known as the “Wild Rice People” by The Ojibwa (Chippewa).
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while swimming laps I was surrounded by a large school of “Machetes” that
stayed with me as I continued my swim, circling me the entire time – really
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early by Clive Devine (Olympian). After an initial deep fear of putting my head
under, my uncle Van held it under and when he let me up I was hooked – never,
never could get enough of swimming. Oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds, creeks and of
course pools; on top of or under didn’t matter, I loved it!</span></span></div>
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at water polo (a combination of my two favorite sports – swimming and
basketball). My first coach was Nick Biondi, father and trainer of his Olympian
son Matt Biondi (he told me that if I continued to improve my skills I had a
chance for the ’64 Olympic squad – alas, love found it’s way to my heart and I
lost all my discipline). My second coach was Bob Gaugran an Olympian himself.
Both stressed conditioning so we swam “laps” till we barfed. After my playing
days were over I vowed to never swim another lap again in my life! Well as most
of you know swimming laps in the ocean over the reef is just about my favorite
thing in the world to do. Here in El Cardonal I have the greatest lap pool
imaginable and to think of not having it available as I continue to age is
daunting. It is just a short walk to the beach (though a cane is now necessary
to navigate the stairs) and I am in the arms of Grandmother and all else is
forgotten.</span></span></div>
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would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out
in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a
superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and
permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall
not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time”.</span></span></div>
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I swam laps straight out to the reef and back so I could visit with the little
critters – delightful, even had a bit of an adrenalin rush when I realized the
current had me but I just let the endorphins kick in and it was nothing but
good. I am blessed indeed to have this as my home.</span></span></div>
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home; a stairway to their roof where I can sleep under the palapa with the cool
ocean breeze and watch the “light(ing)” show during this hurricane season –
thank you my dear friends. The Hopi style ladder was getting a bit difficult
for me to climb safely. It was not of course for me that it was built but I
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to sea in the morning and the surface literally looked like silver and pewter.
I walked to the bluff to photo it but this pic just doesn’t do it justice – it
was beautiful. Nature does such amazing things with color. Certainly when
watching a sunset here it is as though Maxfield Parrish had painted it. All
those Parrish paintings many of us collected (posters of course) during the
‘60’s and we thought were part hallucination were not so at all – he really did
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<span style="color: white;">I will be 75 this coming November and find myself mentally
navigating the ocean of my years and seeing the good, the bad and the ugly: the
squalls and the doldrums and wondering at the path I have taken. My mother told
me when I was just a very young boy that I probably would be happiest if I
found a cave somewhere high in the mountains and spent my life in meditation. I
wasn’t anti social - just looking for something of real meaning. I have come to
discover, albeit a little late in the game that I could have paid better heed
to her and to others like Kahlil Gibran when sailing through life’s
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<span style="color: white;">How very true this simple message has been for me during the
past few years. But then I am a great believer in trying to be “up beat” so I
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<span style="color: white;">So I look to people like one of my top three icons who have
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<span style="color: white;">Jane Goodall has been an inspiration to me from the time I
read her first book and discovered a person who had found real meaning in her
life and continues to literally bring peace and love into this troubled world. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">This is a picture of a little bridge I built years ago on
the path to my rocky stairs down to the beach. I can’t use it (both bridge and
rocks) anymore due to the effects of the stroke so use my neighbor’s stairway
to the beach. “it is what it is”, right?</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Talk about finding your bliss. Check out these photos by a
couple who are devoting and risking their lives - literally and figuratively to
recording the beauty of the sea and its creatures. They do all this as “free
divers” (no SCUBA). The quality of these photographs does justice to our
friends in the sea.</span></div>
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not unique but it is kinda late in the season so quite rare. One I was able to
get fairly close to but the others were too far out and I was not in my kayak.
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The New York Times, “A Conversation with Whales”, opinion section, Sunday,
April 17<sup>th</sup>, 2016. Delighted to see that other researchers are
extending the boundaries of their interpretation of whale sounds: something I
mention in my book and that supports the idea of a vast communication existing
between whales....that could include us! </span></div>
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of Will and Ariel Durant’s magnificent epic, “The Story of Civilization”. There
are 10 volumes, each around 700-800 words. I say this not as a boast but as a
thank you for their absolutely wonderful success in providing an articulate,
intelligent, humorous and astute run down of history. I can just imagine what
it would have been like to have it as a textbook. It has been my boon companion
in the evenings for these past 5 years: never have I enjoyed the written word
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that a mission to Mars was out of reach, off the table, and nobody was really
talking about it. Now, we have two separate programs aiming toward an eventual
mission to Mars. Could this be the new space race? But instead of capitalism
versus communism, as in the original space race, it’s government versus
private? </span></span><br />
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gone way beyond “the call of duty” to help me out so that the work I do with
“The Whale People” can in fact continue. It’s been a lot about health these
past few years so....Thank You: Kersti and Bill for your kindness, hospitality
and care at my hardest time - To my son Zack, always honoring my work, caring for me when the need be and joining me in my work here for an amazing three month father - son experience, Tanya, Macy, Jackie for your advice on food and
supplements - Susan Janssen for so many things but one I definitely needed to
hear “take risks” - Carla and JC for your unconditional friendship - Leslie and
Alex for the many kindnesses and generosity over the years - Nancy/John,
Bonnie/Nole, Frank/Diana, Juanito for your “courier service” from The States –
Robin for teaching me the “breath wave” technique – Charlie/Lisa for your
encouragement and understanding – Alan/Marilyn for their constant and
unwavering support, Pam, Christina, Christine – Isa....well, you know. To Drs.
Toledo and Alexander, Char, Edgar</span></span></div>
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Felipe, Alexis, Samuel, Cesar, Juan Rubin, Vicente, Ishmael, Roberto, Herminia,
Diana, Luce, Jose Luis, Santiago, Javier, Ezekial, Valentina and to those whose
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one of the images created by a Paleolithic artist some 15,000 years BCE in a
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orientation, an intense<br />
dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something<br />
about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You
want<br />
to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a
million<br />
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Edgar Dean Mitchell, Ph. D., Apollo 14 astronaut<br />
and 6th man to walk on the moon, died Thursday, February 4, 2016, on<br />
the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 14 mission that launched January 31, 1971,<br />
landed on the moon on February 5, and returned to Earth on February 9, 1971.
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West Palm Beach, Florida, hospice after a short illness. Edgar Mitchell grew up
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a Ladder Back woodpecker usurped their tub (the watering moat at the base of
one of my palms) so they had to move aside until the woodpecker was finished
with his bath. As usual at this time of year there are birds everywhere and are
truly valued company. When I think of them as the evolutionary product from the
dinosaurs I am even more grateful for their presence. Watching the reptile
people (turtles, lizards, iguanas, geckos and snakes: themselves the
evolutionary predecessors of the dinosaurs) in the yard at the same time it’s
like going back in time and watching this amazing feat of nature unfold in
front of my eyes. Especially when I have a Road Runner (think Velociraptor) pass through. Even
though I sometimes regret not having become an archeologist, I am so glad I
chose the biological sciences as my academic field – especially now while I am
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newspaper in 1970 when I was working at The Bodega Marine Laboratory. That’s
Macy, my first wife and our daughter Kersti posing with me. It was that year
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold";">Bill and Kersti .....with respect and dignity, so refreshing! <span></span>appy Anniversary.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold";"> In 1992 when I had become the Exec. Dir. Of Pelagikos (an
NGO focused on whale research) we went out to The Farallon Islands to do a sea
lion release and happen to be there when a large group of humpbacks were
passing through. I was lucky enough to see, and it has been my only time, an
example of “bubble netting” by the feeding whales. I wasn’t this close and had
no camera but this is what it looks like up close! One of my colleagues was
this close and after returning to our vessel he just sat and looked out to sea
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pictures (not mine). Thought I would join it to the following little ditty sent
me by my son Zack (not his), seemed right somehow.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We did not ask for
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</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let us endure hardship to be grateful
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</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We have been given pain to be astounded
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We did not ask for this room or this music. <br />
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following picture is mine and has the same flavor. I took it in Ireland while
attending an environmental conference in ’92. I’ve posted it before I know but
I just love it. A wonderful story goes with it but too long for the post so you
will have to catch me sometime when I can tell it – it’s a favorite.</span></b></div>
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whale season is almost over though a few stragglers (or maybe “residents”) are
still about. My friend Luis told me he saw one out in front of Cardonal just
the other day. I am going out this coming Thursday (May 5<sup>th</sup>) due to
what appears to be a very calm day and if there are any whales around I have a
good chance of spotting them. It’s been a good but not record year by any
means. My best year was about three years ago when I got 82 IDs. In the back of
my mind I’m holding out for 100 IDs someday – not an obsession, just would be
fun. </span></b></div>
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been a fair amount of press regarding whales lately and though some of it is
sad it is terribly nice to see “The Whale People” beginning to be recognized as
to who and what they really are.<span style="color: red;"> Read my book – THE OTHERS – to get a taste.</span></span></b></div>
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are more whale strandings, entanglements and boat strikes than ever but action
is being taken to prevent those as much as possible. The problem continues to
be that what I told all my classes at the college regarding most all
environmental problems – human over population and its consequent habitat
destruction. But let’s keep on fighting for them and all the other critters out
there that are finding it tougher to make do than before.</span></b></div>
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two sperm whales died stranded on a beach and when autopsied their stomachs
were filled with plastic.</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">That’s
all of the negative stuff for this post but <span style="color: red;">we must stay vigilant</span> and speak up
against the crimes we commit in the name of progress.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A
very, very rare whale species (Omura’s Whale) has been “rediscovered” – recall
that by best estimates we humans have only investigated 10% of the oceans
volume, might there be yet more to discover out there? The site below has some
great footage.</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://blog.therainforestsite.com/omuras-whale/?utm_source=trs-trsfan&utm_medium=social-fb&utm_term=20160414&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=omuras-whale&origin=trs_trsfan_social_fb_link_omuras-whale_20160414"><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">http://blog.therainforestsite.com/omuras-whale/?utm_source=trs-trsfan&utm_medium=social-fb&utm_term=20160414&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=omuras-whale&origin=trs_trsfan_social_fb_link_omuras-whale_20160414</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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another really informative and beautifully inspiring article describing the process
by which a dead whale’s body nourishes an entire ecosystem as it descends into
the abyss – fascinating.</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2013/september/16-deep-sea-secrets"><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">http://discovermagazine.com/2013/september/16-deep-sea-secrets</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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piece of whale news. A couple of weeks ago I posted on FB that I had a great
day searching for whales with my buddy Alan Pomeroy. What I didn’t say was that
not just once but twice I “called up” a whale. Now Alan doesn’t believe in that
kind of thing and ribs me about it when I do it but he’s my friend and he does
it kindly.....however, we were on our way back to El Cardonal after checking
the south end of the grid and as we were motoring along I said to Alan,
“there’s a whale very near here”. Granted that’s pretty general but I could
just feel it in my head. I gave a knowing smile to Alan and waited. Well just a
few seconds after that - yes! Lo and behold up comes a humpback only a few
hundred meters to the starboard. After following it for a while it fluked up
and went down. As we waited for it to come up again I once again said “he’s
coming up now” and yes he did. I laughed along with Alan as he gave me his
skeptical look and I tucked the experience away in my “special memory” section.</span></b></div>
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the ID I got from him.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">An
interesting bit of archeology for those Egyptophiles out there – of which I am
one after seeing my first National Geographic years and years ago. Thank you,
thank you National Geographic for so many years of pleasure.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">BTW:
I would like to recommend a book to those who have an interest in history. It
is titled <span style="color: red;">“Hero” by Michael Korda </span>and delves deeply into the events (military
and political) of the Arab Revolt against The Turks during the first world war
and the very complex character of <span style="color: red;">T.E. Lawrence (The Lawrence of Arabia)</span>.
Perhaps some of you have read Lawrence’s book “The Seven Pillars of Wisdom” in
which he describes, absolutely candidly, his role in that revolt. <span style="color: #e69138;">Korda’s book
fills in all the political background (think oil, Israel/Palestine) both of the
revolt and of the intelligence, courage and terrible internal conflict of the man
Lawrence for those who wanted to know more after reading Lawrence’s book.</span></span></b><br />
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we Californians “The Big One” has become a legend of our time. Now it appears
that it best be called “The Really Big One” because new geologic evidence shows
that there is a fault line nearby that is so huge that if it were to slip it
would be truly cataclysmic or as my skiing and climbing buddy from long ago,
Darrel Hammerton, called <span style="color: #e69138;">“a tear ass rattler”</span> when describing earth quakes. </span></b></div>
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each year and for about 8 hrs it is mayhem on our road. My old friend Vicente
got hit by one of the competitors last week. He’s OK but his truck needs some
work. I caught this guy, “War Horse”, going by my drive.</span></b></span><br />
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class (ego). I intend to go out at least four more times and hope to catch some
late migrators as they pass by. In May 2014 there was an actual “pulse” of
humpbacks going by (dozens) that I unfortunately missed due to health issues.
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the 16<sup>th</sup> of Mar. I came across two large (when are they not) blue
whales only a mile or two off shore. That was a treat. They have been in my
grid before but they are so magnificent that you can’t ever not be impressed.
The “Q’s” were with me on that run.</span></b></div>
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have been lucky also in seeing some real fine surface activity in the form of
breaching by humpback mothers as they taught their calves a few tricks. We know
that breaching as well as tail lobs and pectoral slaps are for more than just
play, although that’s part of the purpose, but we are not sure of all the
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spotter and did real well, ah those young eyes! Four IDs that day.</span></b></div>
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albums. These are two of the towns young ladies during the independence day
parade. What do you suppose is being passed on with such authoritative posture?
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and lots of critter activity in the desert too. Beautiful Cardinals (BTW: the
birds are Cardinals – the town is El Cardonal named after the Cardon cactus)
and Orioles, Flycatchers, Thrashers, Cactus Wrens etc. Plus the wonderful sea
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of course the reptile people like this Black Coach Whip that cruises the yard
daily around evening time. They are harmless but have a strong defensive
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I am visited by some pretty good sized spiders. This lady showed up under my
outdoor shower towel as I went to dry off a few years back. It’s the only one
of this size (about 5” total length) that I’ve seen since moving here so a real
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for the winds to change direction soon – from north to south so we get our sand
back at this end of our little bay (inlet). It seems that we have had more rock
exposed this year at our end due to the consistent north winds that blew this
fall – just took all our sand away to the south end of the inlet.</span></b></div>
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car is still running though is looking the worse for wear lately. It has been a
true and loyal vehicle thus far – 10 round trips from Ukiah to El Cardonal
(1700 miles) without a hitch. I sometimes miss that long drive – last one was
in 2009. I often pat the dash and say “thank you old buddy”. It’s a non-gender
car, sometimes female, sometimes male – refreshing!</span></b></div>
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Prince of Bhutan (a visit there is on my next life-time's bucket list) and his
wife had their first child recently and declared a celebratory tree planting in
honor of the birth. Bhutan is known for it’s devotion to the environment – what
a perfect way to incorporate consciousness into the people. Years ago I sent a
letter to the minister of education there offering anything I could do it aid
that country into the modern world. No response but I sure had some wonderful
fantasies about living there – kind of a classic “Shangri-La”.</span></b></div>
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issue of consciousness: trying to save the wolves of the world. Recent research
has proven the critical role they play in the proper functioning of an
ecosystem. There are some real surprises in those studies – worth checking out
and supporting their preservation. Just Google wolves and enjoy.</span></b></div>
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following is not written by me and could be well worth your reading. It may be
of no interest to you due to it’s subject matter but perhaps worth a quick
perusal.</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Saturn in Sagittarius is turning up the heat for all of us
because the stakes are just too high to play by the rules—or fears—that we’ve
become accustomed to letting rule our lives for the past few years.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This time, we are feeling pressured by circumstances and a
“now or never” type of feeling, it’s a type of situation where everything has
finally peaked and now we are faced with the choice to abandon how far we’ve
come or to continue on into the unknown.</span></b></div>
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Sagittarius</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> are very virtuous
entities—yet Saturn does this by playing strictly to the rules, and Sagittarius
by what his heart and soul are telling him, often justifying whatever means necessary
as long as in the end he feels that he was true to himself.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">When Saturn is in forward motion, it can be very strict,
often creating boundaries that feel unnatural, and similar to the ultimate </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.tarot.com/astrology/saturn-retrograde" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">buzz kill.</span></a></span></b></div>
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different.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Planets that rotate more slowly have an opposing effect on
us once they turn retrograde—although Saturn is all about boundaries and rules,
in retrograde motion it tosses them into the wind, ready to recreate reality
itself.</span></b>
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down</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> and with it, the way events are
processed in our lives slows down too. We are being taught patience through
learning that sometimes certain things just can’t be rushed and that for every
aspect in our lives there is a purpose as to when it occurs—timing really is
everything.</span></b></div>
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thing: Timing. But timing’s a bitch.” ~ How I Met Your Mother</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Just like we wait to pick fruit only once it ripens on the
vine—so do we also have to learn to be patient so that we can enjoy the fruits
our own life will bear.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Saturn began playing tricks long before he turned retrograde
this month, forming a square to Neptune in Pisces. In November 2015, the ruler
of boundaries met Neptune, who dissolves boundaries away. Sometimes we have to
be faced with loosing what we most care about, sometimes we lose faith in what
is possible so that we can rebuild even better, and stronger. These are the lessons that Sagittarius and Pisces are
teaching us, and while the square will be exact again in June and September—it
still heavily influences our entire retrograde period.</span></b></div>
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let go</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">—because what may be waiting for us
could be even better than what we have now. </span></b></div>
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will do the same once again in May and November of this year. This trine is the
reminder that while we thought we were backtracking (that we had lost
everything), we were really being cleared out so that we could be propelled
into a future brighter than we could ever have imagined.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> This retrograde isn’t like anything we’ve ever seen before,
and while it’s difficult in many ways because of the lessons of timing,
patience and the breakdown of barriers and fears, we could also find ourselves
quickly moving in the direction of our desires.</span></b>
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through the rest of the year, it seems that if we choose to remain where we
have outgrown or to stay where our hearts aren’t honestly invested, that the
universe—one way or another—will end it for us.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We are letting those barriers that felt necessary at one
time break down, realizing that what we were doing wasn’t what we actually
wanted. It’s a time when we will understand how deeply our fears played into
our actions—or lack thereof.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Certain situations may be slow going, but the really amazing
aspect is that at the end of our journey, we will see that everything that
happened had to occur in precisely the way that it did. There may be moments of feeling stuck—yet it’s those
situations that can direct us toward where our growth most needs to occur from.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Not only are we being given the gift of following our
hearts, we also will be able to build situations brick by brick so that
anything begun during this time will have a solid foundation of truth and
authentic awareness.</span></b></div>
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the next five months, we will be given the knowledge that comes from retrospect
vision, before it’s too late to do something about it.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> With the lord of karma in the picture, we will start to see
the big picture that we may have missed by sticking too strictly to the
rules. The next five months truly have the possibility to be a life
changing moment in time—so many pieces of the puzzle are finally fitting
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<b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We are being given the ability to truly become who we really
were, and to develop that genuine spiritual awareness that only comes from
absorbing lessons and making the conscious choice to do things differently this
time around.</span></b></div>
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the next few months, but nothing will truly come into fruition until late
summer.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Once Saturn turns direct we will feel the cumulating of
events that we have been working towards for years, and were finally able to
synthesize during the retrograde period. From August until November, Saturn will still be
transitioning through the shadow phase and therefore will be bringing lingering
innovative and creative energies well into the fall.</span></b></div>
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holding us back—what would we do? What would we accomplish?</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms bold"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Who would we lay down next to each evening? And what truths are our hearts dying to tell?</span></b></div>
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felt my inner world stimulated like never before. One presenter who was new to
me was a Catholic priest, Father John O</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">’</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Donohue whose demeanor and
intellect was so beneficent that I attended all his lectures and then had the
pleasure of meeting him. Recently my daughter came across one of his poems and
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<span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14pt;">Let us bless<br />
The imagination of the Earth,<br />
That knew early the patience<br />
To harness the mind of time,<br />
Waited for the seas to warm,<br />
Ready to welcome the emergence<br />
Of things dreaming of voyaging<br />
Among the stillness of land.<br />
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And how light knew to nurse<br />
The growth until the face of the Earth<br />
Brightened beneath a vision of color.<br />
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When the ages of ice came<br />
And sealed the Earth inside<br />
An endless coma of cold,<br />
The heart of the Earth held hope,<br />
Storing fragments of memory,<br />
Ready for the return of the sun.<br />
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Let us thank the Earth<br />
That offers ground for home<br />
And holds our feet firm<br />
To walk in space open<br />
To infinite galaxies.<br />
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Let us salute the silence<br />
And certainty of mountains:<br />
Their sublime stillness,<br />
Their dream-filled hearts.<br />
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The wonder of a garden<br />
Trusting the first warmth of spring<br />
Until its black infinity of cells<br />
Becomes charged with dream;<br />
Then the silent, slow nurture<br />
Of the seed's self, coaxing it<br />
To trust the act of death.<br />
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The humility of the Earth<br />
That transfigures all<br />
That has fallen<br />
Of outlived growth.<br />
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The kindness of the Earth,<br />
Opening to receive<br />
Our worn forms<br />
Into the final stillness.<br />
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Let us ask forgiveness of the Earth<br />
For all our sins against her:<br />
For our violence and poisonings<br />
Of her beauty.<br />
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Let us remember within us<br />
The ancient clay,<br />
Holding the memory of seasons,<br />
The passion of the wind,<br />
The fluency of water,<br />
The warmth of fire,<br />
The quiver-touch of the sun<br />
And shadowed sureness of the moon.<br />
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That we may awaken,<br />
To live to the full<br />
The dream of the Earth<br />
Who chose us to emerge<br />
And incarnate its hidden night<br />
In mind, spirit, and light.<br /> </span></b></span></div>
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– there is now an albino humpback in my area. I haven’t seen it but some of my
neighbors have as well as a bunch of people on the Pacific side. What a treat
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I have just a few pages left of Vol.IX of <span style="color: #f6b26b;">Durant’s The Story of Civilization</span>.
One volume to go. It will be very difficult to find a piece of literature that
will be as welcome and comfortable a companion for my evening read as these
books have been. At some point I will address an entire blog post to comments
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As much as I love the desert (with ocean included
nearby of course) I am fortunate to have an old and very pleasant memory of the
forest. I spent much of my childhood discovering the “magic” of a forest
particularly when my mother took my brother Peter and me to Yosemite for our
annual camp out and hike. The above picture, though fanciful, reminds me of
that magic. Yet it is not so fanciful at all really. Recent research by a
German forest ranger has pretty much verified the research of decades ago suggesting
that the forests of the world communicated with each other by a network of
fungi and were capable of a degree of “awareness” that seemed magical. This
concept was central to the movie Avatar and is now being investigated with
greater interest than ever before. It too is part of “The Great Mystery” and
the science behind it just makes it so much the more magical.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The forest is the home for so many colorful
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s also the home of the grizzly bear – yes, that’s
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The bear is tranquilized to be tagged in order to
track their movements because they too are in danger of habitat destruction. We
must protect our life partners on this planet – tracking their movements, not
unlike with the whales, allows us to understand their ability to cope with
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I would like to introduce you to <span style="color: red;">Sabrina Pasterski</span>, an MIT graduate student that is
considered the next candidate for the accolade “The Great Physicist”. Her
mathematical genius is truly extraordinary and deserves to be watched as she
helps color the gray of ignorance – there is such magic everywhere in the
Universe to be discovered and enjoyed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Staying with science a bit longer, here’s an
interesting article about a possible other means of genetic transfer than that
limited to our current concepts originated by Watson and Crick in the 50’s.
Smacks of Lamarckism but <span style="color: red;">WE MUST </span>keep all
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It appears that this post will be pretty much
science oriented. My recent trip to The US and the political craziness really
soured me on the mass intellect of the American people – <span style="color: red;">REALLY? TRUMP a contender</span>! That’s even more ludicrous
than Reagan or George W. Bush. Sooo, I am going to stay on the science track and
enjoy all the really good stuff that is also part of our reality. Not denying
the seriousness of the matter but leaving it in the hands of those devoted to
the task of fighting The Matrix – including my son Zack – I honor you dude!
“Feel the Bern”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I will add just one other thing – or let The Great
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<span style="color: red; font-size: small;">I have a special place in my heart for Dr.
Sagan</span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. When I
started this NGO I sent him a personal letter describing what I had in mind to
do with the information I was to disseminate. I told him I was going to present
the softer more personal side of science in my presentations. I also asked him
to come to dinner if ever in Mendocino County and told him that my wife (Dana
Crumb) was an extraordinary cook. Damned if he didn’t reply with a hand written
personal letter of encouragement and apology for being to busy to attend what
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">OK back to “the cool stuff”! Yet another ancient
ruin has been found in Turkey. <span style="color: red;">Gobekli Tepe </span>is
the latest of a number of very ancient ruins (10,000 BPE) unearthed in the past
few decades in that area of the world. This “complex is made up of a number of
separate but adjacent “temples” with sophisticated carvings and structure. Once
again indicating a much, much more ancient history of our species as a sentient
and aware organism.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16.0pt;">What is this now? A design created on a dry
lake bed with all lines EXACTLY 3” deep and 10” wide and EXACTLY straight. The
whole compromising a length of 13 MILES? No tire tracks, back hoe tracks etc.
One day not there, the next day there! Some of you will recognize it.</span></span><br />
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space creating giant waves (Tsunamis) of gravity rolling and flowing through
the universe have been more clearly verified. Oh man, anyone who does not
include these in their vision of the universe is just not exercising their gift
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16.0pt;">And then there is this! An object in space that is 570 billion
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Magazine.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> If they were
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as the winds die down a bit. Anyone wishing to contribute please do: </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16.0pt;">checks can be sent to MioSah, C/O
Susan Janssen, 20 Highland Court, Ukiah, CA, 95482 </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 16.0pt;">or donate online at </span><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/6j0prg"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">https://www.gofundme.com/6j0prg</span></a><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></span></div>
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am working diligently (but not particularly hard) on improving my physical
being. I’ve gained some weight and muscle and my coordination is for the most
part returning. Not the same old Urmas but clearly recognizable. With the
sensitive and loving attention of my family back in The States, my attitude is
also improving. I am really looking forward to being with The Whale People
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on vol. IX of the ten volume epic “The Story of Civilization” by Will and
Ariel Durant. This has been a literal and literary labor of love. Each of the
1000 page volumes has been a veritable treasure of brilliant writing, sharp
humor and uncanny insight into this journey our species has/is taking. I am
deeply indebted to my dear Brigitte Mercier for introducing me to the first
volume, to Roseanna Marchetti for lending me the continuing volumes from her
full set (and I have yet the pleasure of meeting Roseanne) and Alan Pomeroy for
challenging me to finish them. I have previously encouraged others to begin
this journey and I do so again – you will not be disappointed. On the other
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like to give one example of why Durant’s writing style has so captivated and
entertained me for these thousands of pages that I have now read. I am on the
first chapter of vol. IX and reading a section on The IV Earl of Chesterfield,
an Englishman born in 1694 to minor aristocracy and who became a respected
diplomat and later writer. He is best known for an 800 page manuscript written
to his son Phillip titled “Letters to His Son”. Durant begins the section on
Chesterfield thus: “Let us spend a half hour with this perceptive Earl……….” As
if he were talking directly to you the reader. All IX volumes have the same
free and open sharing of his intellect, but listen to what he says about The
Earl’s writing: “He himself wrote an English unsurpassed in contemporary prose:
simple, vigorous, clear, with just enough lightness to float the burden of his
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appears that there may have been a semi-aquatic species of hominid during the
evolution of humankind. This has been debated for many decades and for the most
part relegated to the “fantasy” bin but has recently been revived due to some
interesting developments in archeology. It is another one of those theories
that I enjoyed so much introducing to my classes just for the stimulation and
to get their minds flowing more openly. There are times I miss teaching more
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the sun change it’s position (actually due to the earth tilting) as the
Solstice passed is always such a treat. I was out in The Medicine Wheel on
Solstice morning seeing the sun once again emerge over the top of our Solstice
stone. Some of you have joined me for that moment in previous years – you were
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of the last few weeks 3 - 6 humpbacks have been sighted in my grid almost every
day. Technically my season starts in February when the greatest number of
humpbacks are here. Anyone wishing to contribute to my work can make a donation
online to my “GoFundMe website: gofund.me/6j0prg or send a check to MioSah, C/O
Susan Janssen, 20 Highland Ct., Ukiah, CA 95482. I saw two whales moving north
yesterday while doing my exercises on the beach (sea too rough to swim). They
were at the very periphery of even my bionic eyes so my identification is
tentative (the blow wasn’t quite right, too diffuse), blue whales I think?
Could have been Grays but rare here in The Sea of Cortez. Regardless, first
sightings of the new season are always a special treat.</span></div>
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continues to blow hard much to the consternation of our pangeros. Difficult
to catch fish in heavy chop and what Gringo wants to go out anyway? Having
spent many a day on a rocking, pounding boat, wet to the skin, cold and
basically miserable is not my idea of fun…….but what a rush!! One of the three
most memorable moments in my life was at the helm of the 84’ sailing schooner
“Dariabar” in mid pacific in a Beaufort 8 gale at midnight – HooHah! Of course
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and flat, clear skies and warm. I’m looking forward to a good season and
perhaps with some new adventure – the sea is always unpredictable and it is
full of delightful critters, I haven’ ridden a Giant Manta yet.</span></div>
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elaborated on in class are now being studied with a great deal more zeal than
when I was teaching. The extinction of the dinosaurs and the concomitant
“explosion” of mammal species is still in my lectures here regarding my whale
friends. They too are a result of that cataclysmic comet event 65 million years
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you may have read Fell’s book: America BC. If not you may enjoy it – it
certainly puts Columbus in his proper place. This article is along those same
lines. NOT to imply that anyone predated the true discovery by the First People
to discover the Americas – the Native Americans.</span>
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often derided the work of Sigmund Freud and questioned his role in laying down
the tenants of human psychology – much to human detriment in my perspective.
How different a world it would be if the ideas of Carl Jung had been adopted
instead of Freuds’ – so very, very sad! He (Jung) made so much sense as the
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I am having a meeting at the school this Thursday because
there has been movement on the <span style="color: red;">marine lab</span>. I really, really think it’s going to
happen – “perseverance furthers”. I am of course thrilled that it may come to
be and my whale friends will be forever watched over. AND it appears that one
of my adopted grandsons,Tristan, may one day be a part of it, if not the next
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The other day I was swimming laps (back up to 20) and was
suddenly surrounded by a large school of surf fish (grunts or chubs?) that
decided to swim with me for a while. As I continued forward they surrounded me
and kept pace while circling me an arm length away. There were perhaps 200 or
more, very silvery and with the clarity of the water, the calm of the sea, the
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Not such a delight has been my on going war with the ants.
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help of chemicals. They are very persistent even though I keep the kitchen very
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The <span style="color: red;">“BIG”</span> critter event of the day, week, month, year was
just the other day (I’m being redundant aren’t I?) when I saw my neighbor
Leslie south of me on the beach and acting kinda strange. She would move up the
beach, get on her hands and knees, pick something up, walk to the water, place
something there and return to do it again. After watching her do this a number
of times I thought it must be turtles – baby turtles! I walked down the beach
to join her and, yes, there was a shallow depression where more little heads
were emerging. Bad timing for the turtles due to the recent high winds having
piled up a berm that would be difficult for them to traverse. It was also windy
and hot with the danger of desiccation, not to mention dogs and birds. We were
joined by other neighbors, Lisa and Gary, and we did what we could to insure as
best a chance for them as we could. It was a very special gift that we received
that day. They are the <span style="color: red;">last of the true dinosaurs</span> (literally) and deserve our
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The Martian moon Phobos is very slowly “falling” into the
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planetary ring system not unlike Saturns but smaller of course. Don’t wait
around – it’s a few million years off but once again underscores the essential
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Once again human occupation and level of culture has been
pushed back in time. Here are some findings in Kazakhstan recently that require
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conceiving what drives man and has been perpetuated by the “genius” of men like
Freud may be simply a concept created by their own mental meanderings (and
phobias) and has done us little good in the long run. It appears that all
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Ever since I can remember I was taught that it would be
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delighted. Was it life if it could reproduce itself and metabolize (secure it’s
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Thought I would just throw this pic in now because it’s one
of my favorites. I took this about five years ago as I was sitting on the beach
in El Cardonal. This is one of our many Ospreys taking home some dinner. That’s
the biggest of the catches I’ve seen made here. I may have shown you all this
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Here’s a recent paleontological find that is both
interesting and impressive. This is the ancient shark Megalodon, lived about 16
million years ago. Check out the jaw!</div>
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heavily armed countries in the world and what he has to say about the whole
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One other “serious matter” and then on to cool science
stuff. Some years ago (1992?) the brilliant social historian James Burke
presented a PBS special called “After the Warming”. It was two hours of hard
hitting reality checks regarding what has become recognized as a major concern
for our future. One prediction (not exactly brilliant but unanticipated by the
masses) was that if one or two of the climate changes introduced by Burke were
to actually happen then one outcome would be huge migrations of populations
from under developed countries would by necessity bring them into conflict with
the borders of the first world countries. This has begun to happen and is
resulting in just the consequences suggested by Burke – armed violence on both
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more important all the time. This is coming from a commercial fisherman – THEY
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The picture below was sent to me by my daughter Kersti but I
didn’t know where to fit it in (I loved it) until I came across the article
referenced below. Interesting stuff!! The human mind and it’s capabilities,
complexities and mysteries is still untapped.</div>
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Here’s a little article on the plant extract Tumeric. I am
using this, along with meditation, herbal supplements (Green Vibrance) etc to
deal with my cancer. Feels right.<br />
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Another interesting archeological discovery near Stonehenge.
No, not a space port but a human dwelling dated 8300 years ago. Another example
of a wider human impact then previously thought.<br />
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I remember in High School enjoying geometry as the only math
I could grasp. There was something familiar about it and it helped me
understand matter in a way that later became useful in my appreciation of my
true love biology. It is in every sense sacred and I am grateful to have had
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In one of the great tragedies of our age, indigenous
traditions, stories, cultures and knowledge are winking out across the world.
Whole languages and mythologies are vanishing, and in some cases even entire
indigenous groups are falling into extinction. This is what makes the news that
a tribe in the Amazon—the <span style="color: red;">Matsés peoples of Brazil</span> <span style="color: red;">and Peru</span>—have created a
500-page encyclopedia of their traditional medicine all the more remarkable.
The encyclopedia, compiled by five shamans with assistance from the
conservation group Acaté, details every plant used by Matsés medicine to cure a
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">"This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere;
the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor ever
rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on seas and
continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".- John Muir</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Space - the endless frontier......and we are just getting started!</span><br />
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After <span style="color: red;">New Horizons probe's</span> historic flyby of planet Pluto on
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now slated to reach a tiny icy body in the Kuiper belt on New Year's Day, 2019,
but scientists believe that beyond that region a hidden planet may be lurking,
<span style="color: red;">the famous Planet X</span>. This is not to be confused with the Planet X in the 50’s
SciFi movie, “The Man from Planet X” that gave me nightmares for years. What is
cool about this is that IF there is another planet out there then it too is of
course a part of the ebb and flow of our solar system. It is interesting to
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Here on our own planet science continues to open new vistas
in the understanding of plate tectonics and it’s influence on our planetary
super-structure. Check out this latest model of what might be going on under
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In a unique and ground-breaking operation, scientists plan
to search for evidence of Stone Age human activity on <span style="color: red;">Britain's very own
'Atlantis'</span> - a vast prehistoric land, once located between England and southern
Scandinavia, which was engulfed by rising sea levels some 7500 years ago. This
is especially interesting because a good 10% of the ancient coastlines of the
continents are now submerged and could have evidence of a far larger and older
human occupation then we currently accepted.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">First Nations “Mrs. Universe”</span> not going to go into the night
lightly – Hurrah!! Her name is <span style="color: red;">Ashley Callingbull</span>.</div>
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A “high” moment (two years ago) during my campaign to
include the El Cardonal area in the proposed Protected Area for Breeding
Humpbacks.....and we got it. Now the laboratory! Still in the works and I am
confidant it will happen – patience as a virtue is particularly the case in my
dear Mexico.</div>
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The picture below was taken a couple of years ago when I
captured my really good friend and neighbor Carla playing with her
grand-daughter Case-Noel. Sweet moment!</div>
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Ahhh….levity, subtle humor – where would we be without it?<br />
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I am El Cardonal once again. This time staying in the beautiful home built by my partners, "The Q's". I am open for very special company. e-mail first!! </div>
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I have not been inspired to write much but it's nice to sometimes just say hello. I
have been in California since July and will be here for some time yet to come.
I’m feeling pretty good and continue to enjoy the presence of family. My intention is to stay here in California and return to El Cardonal only for the whale season - if able.<br />
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No whale or dolphin news of course or Baja sunsets etc. but
some good stuff happening elsewhere. The galaxy is becoming more familiar to us
and just as suspected we exist in a manifold universe/multiverse where
mysteries and delights abound....and discoveries to be made beyond imagination.
These new planetary discoveries are favorites of mine. You have to understand
that when I was a child we were told with absolute conviction (at least by
those who wrote and chose our test books) that there were only 9 planets in the
universe and weren’t we lucky that God gave us this one! Here’s a close one.</div>
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By the way when I was a child we didn’t have any digital
electronics to play with (only some of our families had televisons) so we spent
our time at each others homes playing sports and riding our bikes to the limits
of our endurance. You could always tell who was where by the parked bikes.</div>
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I transgress – back to space!
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1792-ssc2015-02-NASA-s-Spitzer-Confirms-Closest-Rocky-Exoplanet-</span></div>
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Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have
confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system,
larger than Earth and a potential gold mine of science data.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">Dubbed HD 219134b</span>, this exoplanet, which orbits too close to
its star to sustain life, is a mere 21 light-years away. While the planet
itself can't be seen directly, even by telescopes, the star it orbits is
visible to the naked eye in dark skies in the Cassiopeia constellation, near
the North Star.</div>
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HD 219134b is also the closest exoplanet to Earth to be
detected transiting, or crossing in front of, its star and, therefore, perfect
for extensive research.</div>
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"Transiting exoplanets are worth their weight in gold
because they can be extensively characterized," said Michael Werner, the
project scientist for the Spitzer mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
in Pasadena, California. "This exoplanet will be one of the most studied
for decades to come."</div>
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The planet, initially discovered using the HARPS-North
instrument on the Italian 3.6-meter Galileo National Telescope in the Canary
Islands, is the subject of a study accepted for publication in the journal
Astronomy & Astrophysics.</div>
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Study lead author Ati Motalebi of the Geneva Observatory in
Switzerland said she believes the planet is the ideal target for NASA's James
Webb Space Telescope in 2018.</div>
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"Webb and future large, ground-based observatories are
sure to point at it and examine it in detail," Motalebi said.</div>
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Only a small fraction of exoplanets can be detected
transiting their stars due to their relative orientation to Earth. When the
orientation is just right, the planet's orbit places it between its star and
Earth, dimming the detectable light of its star. It's this dimming of the star
that is actually captured by observatories such as Spitzer and can reveal not
only the size of the planet but also clues about its composition.</div>
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"Most of the known planets are hundreds of light-years away.
This one is practically a next-door neighbor," said astronomer and study
co-author Lars A. Buchhave of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For reference, the closest known planet is GJ674b
at 14.8 light-years away; its composition is unknown.</div>
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HD 219134b was first sighted by the HARPS-North instrument
and a method called the radial velocity technique, in which a planet's mass and
orbit can be measured by the tug it exerts on its host star. The planet was
determined to have a mass 4.5 times that of Earth, and a speedy three-day orbit
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Spitzer followed up on the finding, discovering the planet
transits its star. Infrared measurements from Spitzer revealed the planet's
size, about 1.6 times that of Earth. Combining the size and mass gives it a
density of 3.5 ounces per cubic inch (six grams per cubic centimeter) --
confirming HD 219134b is a rocky planet.</div>
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Now that astronomers know HD 219134b transits its star,
scientists will be scrambling to observe it from the ground and space. The goal
is to tease chemical information out of the dimming starlight as the planet
passes before it. If the planet has an atmosphere, chemicals in it can imprint
patterns in the observed starlight.</div>
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Rocky planets such as this one, with bigger-than-Earth
proportions, belong to a growing class of planets termed super-Earths.</div>
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"Thanks to NASA's Kepler mission, we know super-Earths
are ubiquitous in our galaxy, but we still know very little about them,"
said co-author Michael Gillon of the University of Liege in Belgium, lead
scientist for the Spitzer detection of the transit. "Now we have a local
specimen to study in greater detail. It can be considered a kind of Rosetta
Stone for the study of super-Earths."</div>
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Further observations with HARPS-North also revealed three
more planets in the same star system, farther than HD 219134b. Two are
relatively small and not too far from the star. Small, tightly packed
multi-planet systems are completely different from our own solar system, but,
like super-Earths, are being found in increasing numbers.</div>
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JPL manages the Spitzer mission for NASA's Science Mission
Directorate in Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer
Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Spacecraft operations are based at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. in
Littleton, Colorado. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive, housed
at Caltech's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center.</div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">Also check out the anomalous bright spot on the asteroid
Ceres.</span></div>
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Not fully understood yet but definitely something new. And
something else to ponder, how about this?<br />
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The
Resonance Project<br />
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POINT TO THINK - science has evolved changing the language.
It has not evolved by changing the perception. Newton observed apple falling to
perceive Gravitational Theory. Einstein perceived a spider moving on a globe,
blew the globe, and perceived the curvature. Newton looked to matter and
visualized a minimum speed and motion in nature. Einstein looked to light and
visualized maximum speed and motion. Heisenberg looked at motion and saw
uncertainty. This struck down Euclidean geometry of Newton and Riemann's
geometry of Einstein. Scientist failed to comprehend and perceive why and how
motion occurs. They adopted a new language- statistical mechanics. The world
failed to visualize and understand why and how motion occurs. Instead, they
went about exploiting material nature. The present state of the world squarely
exist in this failure – Here is a figure that summarizes and gives new
perception and foundation to science that can unite ancient and modern
knowledge answering most of the key questions science left behind.</div>
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Believe it my friends – we are like children in our
understanding of reality. Nevertheless, that is our present state so why not
enjoy it, eh?<br />
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A short and deeply respectful honoring of just one aspect of
the female energy within our species. I did not write this but concur whole
heartedly.<br />
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Once upon a time sexual women ruled the world. They were
independent, empowered and embodied love. Their energy flowed through every crevice of the earth with
the capacity to heal and restore. These women were Sacred Prostitutes, and it’s time they were
reawakened. The History of the Sacred Prostitute. In ancient Sumeria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece, there
were no brothels. Instead there were Temples of the Sacred Prostitutes
inhabited by holy women who embodied love, owned their sexuality, and held the
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">These women were known as Priestesses, or Sacred
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within those
Temples men were cleansed of battle scars and nourished with divine sexuality. A common practice that took place in the Temple was called
“Taking the War out of Man”. Upon returning from war, men were invited to pass through
the Temple doors. The Priestess would bathe, soothe and knead their physical,
emotional and spiritual wounds. She would expand her magnetic field to absorb all of his
wounded energy, literally drawing the effects of war from his system. Through
the power of her energy, and purity of her femininity, she would gently and
tenderly love him back to wholeness. These Women Were The Original Sexual Healers</div>
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The Priestess was luminous and, because of her power,
purity, and willingness to love with her entire body and soul, she enabled man
to reconnect with both himself and higher forces through pleasure and prayer. Within society, and to the families of the men she served,
she was not seen as a threat. On the contrary..</div>
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Priestess was regarded as holy and celebrated for her sexuality.</span></div>
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Men entered the Temple with the full permission and blessing
of their families, and emerged cleansed of the nightmare of war. This process
was a natural and essential part of life. The Sacred Prostitute was not shamed, viewed as a victim, or
“forced into prostitution.” She willingly took the office of Priestess, and
acted from an empowered place of service.</div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Not everyone saw it this way.</span></div>
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The Biblical Patriarchs saw the practices and beliefs of the
Priestesses as immoral. As a result, as the Patriarchs came to rule the world,
Priests systematically replaced Priestesses as intermediaries between men and
‘God’. Where the world of the Sacred Prostitute considered love,
kindness and sensuality as necessary elements to maintain healthy balance – the
world absent of her presence became secularized, impersonal, and detached.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">Speaking of balance</span> here is something said by one of the
many great Native orators of The First Nations – Chief Seattle circa 1854:</div>
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In 1854, the “Great White Chief” in Washington made an offer
for a large area of Indian land and promised a “reservation” for the Indian
people. Chief Seattle’s reply, published here in full, has been described as
the most beautiful and profound statement on the environment ever made:<br />
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"How can you buy or sell the warmth of the land? The idea is
strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the
water, how can you buy them?</div>
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Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in
the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and
experience of my people.</div>
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The sap, which courses through the trees, carries the
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The white man’s dead forget the country of their birth when
they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth,
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We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters: the deer, the horse,
the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat
of the pony, and man – all belong to the same family.</div>
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So, when the Great Chief in Washington sends word that he
wishes to buy our land, he asks much of us. The Great Chief sends word he will
reserve us a place so that we can live comfortably to ourselves. He will be our father and we will be his children. So we
will consider your offer to buy our land. But it will not be easy. For this land is sacred to us. This shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is
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If we sell you land, you must remember that it is sacred,and
you must teach your children that it sacred and that each ghostly reflection in
the clear water of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my
people. The waters murmur is the voice of my father’s father.</div>
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The rivers are our brothers, they quench our thirst. The
rivers carry our canoes, and feed our children. If we sell you our land, you
must remember, and teach your children, that the rivers are our brothers, and
yours, and you must henceforth give the rivers the same kindness that you would
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We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One
portion of land is same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in
the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has
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He leaves his father’s graves behind, and he does not care.
He kidnaps the earth from his children, and he does not care. His fathers’ grave, and his children’s birthright, is
forgotten. He treats his mother, the earth, and his brother, the sky, as things
to be bought, plundered, sold like sheep or bright beads. His appetite will devour the earth and leave only behind a
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I do not know. Our ways are different than your ways. The sight of your cities pains the eyes of the red man. But
perhaps it is because the red man is a savage and does not understand. There is no quiet place in the white man’s cities. No place
to hear the unfurling of leaves in the spring, or the rustle of insect’s wings.</div>
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But perhaps it is because I am a savage and do not
understand.</div>
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The clatter only seems to insults the ears. And what is
there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the whip-poor-will or the
arguments of the frogs around a pond, and the smell of the wind itself, cleaned
by a midday rain, or scented with the pinion pine.</div>
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The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the
same breath – the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath.The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes.
Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench.</div>
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But if we sell you our land, you must remember that the air
is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life it
supports. The wind that gave our grand father his first breath also receives
his last sigh. And if we sell you our land, you must keep it apart and
sacred, as a place where even the white man can go to taste the wind that is
sweetened by the meadows flowers.</div>
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So we will consider your offer to buy our land. If we decide
to accept, I will make one condition: The white man must treat the beasts of
this land as his brothers.</div>
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I am a savage and do not understand any other way. I have seen a thousand rotting buffaloes on the prairie,left
by the white man who shot them from a passing train.</div>
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I am a savage and do not understand how the smoking iron
horse can be more important than the buffalo that we kill only to stay alive.</div>
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What is a man without the beasts? If all the beasts were
gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For what ever happens to the beast, soon happens to man. All
things are connected.</div>
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You must teach your children the ground beneath their feet
is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell
your children the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that
the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If
men spit upon the ground,they spit upon themselves. This we know: The earth does not belong to man, man belongs
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family. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth.
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This earth is precious to Him, and to harm the earth is to
reap contempt on its Creator. The whites to shall pass; perhaps sooner than all other
tribes. Contaminate your bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own
waste. But in your perishing, you will shine brightly, fired by the
strength of the God who brought you to this land, and for some special purpose
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That destiny is a mystery to us, for we do not understand
when the buffalo are all slaughtered, the wild horses tamed, the secret corners
of the forest heavy with the scent of many men, and the view of the ripe hills
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Humetewa was confirmed 96-0 to serve on the U.S. District
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a member of the Hopi tribe. She is now the only Native American serving on the
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">My first sighting of "Odin" - to return three more times to my search grounds.</span></div>
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It continues to amaze me how there are so many wonderful
events occurring in our space program and we hear so little about them. I know
that some of you find it a bit of waste of money with all that needs to be done
here on Earth but I find it inspiring and really quite wonderful. Here is an
example of just one of the many incredible successes we have had recently.<br />
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And this: Stephen Hawking just announced that he will
partner with billionaire science enthusiast Yuri Milner to undertake the most
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In a press conference held at the Royal Society in London on
Monday morning, Hawking and Milner unveiled their <span style="color: red;">plan to combine the strength
of social networking and some of the most powerful telescopes on earth to look
for alien life. </span>The project will be able to collect and analyze five times more
of the radio spectrum and cover 10 times more of the sky than any previous
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The two-part, $100 million project, called Breakthrough
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observations, which will be of broadcast signals from the one million stars
closest to Earth, are slotted to begin in 2016.</div>
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Part one of the initiative, called Breakthrough Listen, will
have access to the Parkes Observatory radio telescope in New South Wales,
Australia and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory dish in Green Bank, West
Virginia. In addition to radio observations, the project will also look for
optical laser signals using the 2.4-meter Automated Planet Finder Telescope at
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I often drove to Los Barriles especially during the last two
years while dealing with my various emergencies. Just a few weeks ago before
leaving Mexico I needed desperately to go in again. When I went out to my loyal
car I suddenly thought that perhaps I should check the oil etc seeing as I was
going to drive 15 miles through the desert and over two mountainous areas. I
lifted the hood and yes – no oil, anti freeze gone and one of my battery
connectors was rusted all the way through and kinda hanging there. In my
weakened condition I was already exhausted just thinking about what I needed to
do. I drove to Cesar’s (our local and very good mechanic) in the village but he
was gone so I drove past Jose’s (our local major contractor) and there he was
just getting ready to leave his yard for a job. I pulled in and asked for his
help. He dropped everything and took care of it all immediately – these are my
neighbors, my amigos, mi familia! I didn’t fasten the cap properly on my
radiator so going over the hill I heated up and almost didn’t make it.
Fortunately I did. In every way I was incredibly lucky – and I appreciate the
kindness of The Great Mystery because I just didn’t have the energy to have
been caught out there with a “broken” car.</div>
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I have had a whole series of events like this recently – at
first appearing very difficult, if not insurmountable, and then somehow
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I also had the opportunity to apologize to a norte Americano
neighbor whose essence, space and good soul I totally disregarded a year ago.
Her name is Lauren and a year ago I came upon her in her kayak joining in a
moment of pure joy and play between a mother humpback and her calf. Lauren was
respectful and kept her distance but was definitely close enough to “feel” the
moment. I was on a photo run so entered this very special space and disrupted
it totally. I got my ID’s. A week later Lauren caught me in Chapito’s and
really chewed me out. I defended myself as a researcher with the need to gather
data. She didn’t buy it. It took me some time to realize how off base I was. On
the 22<sup>nd</sup> I saw her while having dinner with my dear Pomeroy’s and
had the opportunity to apologize. I did with a sincere heart and Lauren HEARD
me! We hugged with deep appreciation for each others essence – what a wonderful
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I was gifted with a beautiful fox that evening that went
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There was a nice calm sea on the 23<sup>rd</sup> of July and
I took the opportunity to swim my goal of twenty laps. Good as it felt there
was also the specter of increasing weakness as time goes by. It is absolutely
essential for my mind, body and spirit to keep up my exercise but at times it
is a struggle. No matter how much I try to bring my body back it seems that I
continue to weaken – very, very frustrating. I even fretted that I would not
see the kids again (felt rel bad for a couple of days) but here I am in NCa
surrounded by their love and good will.
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An expensive but delicate timer for the drip system went
kaput so I got a manual spring loaded one that my friend Luis will activate for
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On the 27<sup>th</sup> I took my longest kayak in a while. A
mile out, then north to visit a part of the Schaeffer clan and then over the
reef home – a bit much but no serious outcome. Watched a real nice series of
leaps by a good sized swordfish, a turtle and some dolphins a distance away.
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A whole series of small disasters followed: broken faucet,
car problems, solar panel Problems, computer fiasco, SD car registration (charged
$5,300.00 instead of $73.00 – causing a major bank episode as my acct. became
over drawn) ETC!
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Here’s a real informative and sensitive article about Orcas.
And just as I have been maintaining, they are incredibly intelligent, peaceful
and completely benign. I am so very glad I chose to swim with them when I did –
a really highpoint in my whale work and will engage again if at all possible.</div>
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{page:S</style>On the 28<sup>th</sup> of May I was reading in my trailer
when I noticed that there was a major commotion in my palo verde tree created
by a Grey Thrasher (bird). It went on for some time so I went outside to
investigate. I sat in my favorite observation chair (very comfortable reclining
lounge chair donated by my dear friends Chris and Christina). There was only
one Thrasher so it wasn’t a mating ritual and though other birds (three Cactus
Wrens, a Verdin, a Pyroloxia and a Northern Cardinal) came by and added to the
ruckus, I couldn’t make out what was happening. I continued watching believing
something was going to happen and stood up to take a closer look. I had to
relieve myself anyway so walked over to where the major action was going on but
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He continued down the tree and then curled up under the
ceruelo tree where he remained until the birds gave up and then he slithered
off again into the brush. I have never seen a white CoachWhip before – very
beautiful and a gift from The Great Mystery for sure. I love snakes – well, I
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I saw this as a good sign and found that my picture was
viewed by john of God the next day. I felt empowered and since the sea was calm
I did some laps – 18 actually. That’s the most I have done since my stroke! I
also got the terrific news that my son Zack had been offered a fulltime job
with The Prevention Institute in Oakland – real proud of you son! He has always
been “in the trenches” for freedom – Justice – Equality and now he can take it
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I tried for a kayak and swim a couple of days later but
found that climbing back into my kayak in deep waters was difficult. I may have
to give up that particular part of my scenario down here. Rest of the day was
unusual. Had a trembler that rocked the trailer and made some ruckus (sounded
like an explosion), some banditos hit one of the empty houses next door and
then I observed the strangest bird behavior I had ever seen. I was watching an
intensely beautiful sunset when I noticed a large bird (first though a vulture
or osprey) about 200 yds off and at about 50’ flapping his wings vigorously but
going nowhere. There was no wind at all so I watched and wondered what it was
doing. The light was not good or the angle so I just couldn’t make out what it
was. Too big for an osprey – wrong wing flap for a vulture.....and it was going
NOWHERE! I watched till the light was gone and it was still there, same exact
spot. I have watched plenty of birds and seen ospreys suspended above the tidal
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Early hurricanes this year, expecting 19 with 4 of them
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have been observing their behavior (once a biologist, always a biologist).
Right now it’s all about feeding the young. Mostly small bugs but an occasional
small lizard. Lots of dialogue between male and female particularly when
approaching the nest. Totally different calls when I am about and moving.</div>
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swim even though the surf was up a bit from Blanca. I didn’t wear a suit
because the water was warm and it seemed that the shore break was lessening so
I went in. After two laps I realized the swell was greater than I had thought
so I started in. Of course I had to come over many rocks to get in and got
thrown by a wave on to them opening a nasty cut on my elbow and leg. Could have
been a lot worse – no more next time for sure. What I learned was that I have
two very different personalities in my human body. One that says, “don’t do
this it is stupid and YOU know it”, and another that says, “you can do it, you
HAVE to do it”.....and 9 times out of ten I will follow the second voice. What
I seem to like about it is that when I go against the first voice, time is
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Tail lizard. First one I have ever seen – what a treat. Then this young Zebra
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the Portuguese Man O’ War). I only got stung twice but had to make a hasty
retreat from the area. Then I stepped on a large Diamond Sting Ray and that was
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Universe continues to
boggle the mind. I know that for most folks astronomy/cosmology are not “hot”
items in our everyday contemplations (for those of you in that category may I
suggest seeing the movie “interstellar”, and for the more serious; “Mind Walk”).
Ever since I was a child I was fascinated by the cosmos and enjoyed learning as
much about it as my sorry higher math and physics skills would allow me.
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appreciation and basic understanding into my daily existence even if it is a
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A “super nova” is the remnant
of a previously exploded massive star that leaves behind a colorful and
energetically varied region of space where all kinds of surprising events may
occur. Here is one that “boggles” the mind. I include it just because it’s so
damn other worldly and beautiful!.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">A bit closer to home, and in
yet another academic field I may have found a place – anthropology, A recent
discovery of an ancient bracelet carved 40,000 years ago has opened new vistas
in the human saga. Once again attesting to our extremely ancient origins and
our predilection toward aesthetic art. It by far predates even Egypt and
Sumeria and the earliest cultures of what is now Turkey (where a great many
very ancient sites, ie: Catal Huyuk – 8,000/10,000 BPE) have been unearthed.
What fun it would be to trace the human path over this planet (as is now so
brilliantly made more accessible by the Genome Progect) as the bits and pieces
accumulate.....ah, another lifetime.</span></div>
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daily visitations now and they remind me of my childhood vacations with my
mother and brother in Yosemite Natl. Park. Those were days of such happiness
that the memory instigated by these little guys is truly precious. I even had
one in the trailer the other day going after my bread basket – right while I
was eating. Poor guy panicked when I stood up but when I opened the screen door
and moved aside he was out like a flash. He literally flew out of the trailer –
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spider in my bathroom the other night right off my right shoulder as I was
brushing my teeth. I told him to stay there, got a glass to cover him, slipped
a card under him and took him outside. I have no problem with spiders but I
didn’t like the idea of this big fellow in my bed later. Though this sounds to
some as an uncomfortable and possibly even traumatic experience, check out this
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I thought I would add some of
my favorite photos from earlier years before I launch into an update of how
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since my last post so I guess it’s time to catch up. A lot has changed over
this month, not the least of which being some major decisions regarding life
changes. Without going into too much detail (and that’s why I leave this for
the end since I am sure not all of you are particularly interested) these are
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I am moving back to CA to be
closer to family. During my convalescence from my stroke I realized how
important they all are to me and I want more time with them. It is also more
difficult to live here now than I had imagined it would be for a number of
reasons I won’t get in to – they just are. My activities in the sea have been
significantly curtailed and I miss that strongly. I do not have a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>definite timeline but hope to make the
move as soon as I finish up some things here in Cardonal (weeks – possibly 1-2
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this I am terribly grateful. I owe that to my daughter Kersti’s immediate
loving care and advice and the gentle and always strong support, physical and
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{marg</style>I am afraid that I have little to report or convey regarding
this years whale season. I have only gotten out once but did get a good ID and
had a very short swim with a mother and calf humpback. I can however say that
the eastern pacific humpback population is looking real good. They appeared
here in their southern breeding/calving ground in large numbers,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>looking healthy and with lots of
offspring. Hard to say if this is to be a continuing trend or a short reprieve
as it appears there is talk of taking them off the endangered species list and
therefore making them more accessible to the whale hunters – we shall see.
There are of course still the questions of boat strikes, entanglement and
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Another piece of news that you may find interesting is that
I have been informed by the principal at our local school that SEP (the
secondary education authority here in southern baja) has gone ahead with plans
for the marine laboratory project that I initiated last year and intends to
definitely build it here in El Cardonal – starting in September(?). This is
great news and if it comes to be I will be terribly pleased. It will mean that
“our” whale families will be cared for and protected long after I am gone and
that there will be a place for students to discover the grandeur and extent of
this unique bioregion. There are endless marine studies that could come from
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all of the natural world in this area will be encouraged by the programs that
could be developed here. Even my friends the “Reptile People” will benefit, for
they too are an integral part of this bioregion. Here are a couple of Zebra
Tailed lizards that just mated in front of my palapa the other day – what a
dance they put on. In the 10 years I have lived here it is the first time I
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1000 possible planets in our galaxy w/ intelligent life</div>
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was still alive and his energy and revolutionary ideas still prevail in our
search for extraterrestrial life – thank you Carl! I am still of the hope that
I will live to see the day when the first discovery is made. Perhaps not
intelligent life but ANY life.</div>
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invaluable information to us about planetary evolution, plate tectonics and
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Have you heard “THE HUM”? For generations people in
different parts of the world have developed entire mythologies around a sound
described as a background hum from our planet. However, the search for the
truth could now be over as researchers claim that microseismic activity from
long ocean waves impacting the seabed is what makes our planet vibrate and
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due to medical complications but always a such a treat for me). The same day
they left two of their friends from Quebec came in to stay in their home for a
few days. Patrick and Annie took to El Cardonal and the sea as though born to
it. Kayaking and/or snorkeling every day and lots of hours of rooftop
tranquility. They were very kind to me and I like to consider them my friends.
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it probably is in archeology that my academic interests would have found a
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And this one which once again completely blows the “Columbus
discovered America” myth. When, oh when, are we going to look history in the
face and start telling the truth of things?<br />
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Far removed from archeology or maybe just a different kind
of “digging” here’s a little something from the world of physiology and
genetics that is very exciting. It is not surprising that there is so much more
to discover about the mysteries of life and DNA is a cornerstone so when a new
discovery is made it brightens our perceptions. Always remember however, not to
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I am learning a great deal about myself as my physical
reality changes. I may very well be returning to California in the near future
to begin a new phase in my journey. I feel a desire to be near family – as you
might expect after my medical affairs – perhaps to return here to Shangri-La during
the whale season to continue my monitoring and to also help develop the path of
the marine laboratory if it is indeed to become a reality. I have reluctantly
given up my romantic/melodramatic ideal of a “last kayak”. I am simply not
ready yet and I have found that living here alone has become just difficult
enough in my weakened state to discourage my staying here and waiting for a
sign to launch into the sunset. At this point I have decided not to have
radiation/hormone therapy for my cancer because I intuitively feel that it
would weaken me beyond repair. The stroke too has left me with a far less than
satisfactory physical presence for the life I have led here for the past 10
years. I find that I have a deep desire for family.</div>
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Acceptance is the road to all change. If resisting has
failed and frustrated you, try to accept what is. As hard as it is to believe,
acceptance can open different opportunities for change than resistance.
Struggling can sometimes swallow us even deeper into the quicksand of our
problems. Difficult problems take time to resolve. The more frantically you
pick at knots, the more entangled they can become. To untangle yourself try
relaxing. Gently and patiently work with your difficulties and in time you will
be freed from what now seems impossible. You are being called to heal yourself,
not to agonize over your mistakes. Quit over thinking; this is what
surrendering really means. Don't focus on your problems and don't obsess about
"fixing" things. Avoid forcing "positive thinking." These
thoughts can be psychological irritants. Just leave yourself alone! When you
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</style>Boy....this is like “pulling teeth”. Since my stroke I have
been so lacking in basic vitality that I can’t even write. I will skip talking
about my present condition, consequent views and plans till the end of the
blog. That way those who are not interested in that personal part of my life do
not have to hear about it – I can well understand! <br />
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I am back at Shangri-La again – for how long – hard to say.
One thing for sure, there are lots of whales this year. Whether I get to do my
work this season however is iffy for a number of reasons.....we’ll see. At
present I don’t have even one new whale pic to show you but I am sure I will
get some from shore if nowhere else and I will happily share those with you.</div>
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Well, I couldn’t resist. Here’s a shot of “Odin” in 2011
just before I took a swim with him.</div>
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Whatever is going on within the humpback population it seems
good. Not only are the numbers good but the whales are also in great condition,
lots of happy calves and adults full of energy with lots of breaching and other
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As long as I put up that pic, here are two more that I really
like....just animals like us – being beautiful.<br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"> Red Fox in charge</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"> Bottle Nose Dolphins doing their thing. Saw this two days ago. NMP</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">What could be more logical. Why the necessity for mythological Gods?</span></div>
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A little further out there (planetarily speaking), some exciting news in astronomy.
Another close neighbor that might harbor life. All we need is ONE
extraterrestrial CELL and the universe and our reality will demand a paradigm
shift. If I live to see it, I will consider it a gift from The Great Mystery.<br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons </span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"> Liqued water, heat energy, minerals......there are your "Gods"!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;">Wisdom</span></div>
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"Modern physics is describing what the ancient wisdom
keepers of the Americas have long known. These shamans, known as 'the
Earthkeepers,' say that we’re dreaming the world into being through the very
act of witnessing it. Scientists believe that we’re only able to do this in the
very small subatomic world. Shamans understand that we also dream the larger
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Has anyone else noticed an extra
sensitivity? Has anyone else felt others more strongly? More background to the
feelings that you pick up from others?
This is what we believe to be true:
We
have passed a marker in our evolution. We can see this in how issues that were
once on the fringe are becoming more prominent in world consciousness.
Renewable energy. Green technology. Organic food stuffs rather then the
chemical replacements. These are simply a few of the many ways that
Lightworkers around the world and through time have had an impact on world
consciousness. This is the reason that we choose to come here again and again!
To make a lasting difference! Is the world a perfect place? No, yet with each
Lightworker on this planet living in their Truth, it is only a matter of time
before the whole of humanity will be awake!
A step in this direction is the
extra sensitivity that some of us may be experiencing. The impact that
Lightworkers are having on the world has started to open ancient doors shut
many lifetimes ago. The connectivity to nature. The lure to the wild as our Mother
calls us back to her. The looks of recognition in the eyes of stranger as we
pass them by. And in that look passes a massive amount of intuitive
information. We have known them many lifetimes, even if they are a stranger to
us in this one. These, we believe, are signs of our Spiritual evolution. We
recognize our Spiritual selves, our Higher Selves more clearly. Our Guides
seemingly speak louder.
Our instincts seem to be sharper. As we grow more in
touch with ourselves and our Truth, we open the door that much wider allowing
us to step more into our Divine Self.
With the sensitivity that we are feeling,
there will be an adjustment period. Our old paradigms will hold less and less
influence within us. The new Energy will draw us to a new understanding of
ourselves, our Truth and, our role as a Lightworker. Fear not, for we are not
alone! As we grow we will feel the connection to the Earth more clearly! We
will have a better understand of our role as a Lightworker! This is NOT to say
that everything will be sunshine and roses. Only that we are beginning a new
phase in our Journey that will allow us the opportunities to manifest our
dreams and desires! Yet it is up to the individual and their Truth.
With the
influence Lightworkers have had on world consciousness already, imagine what
the world will look like when all have Awakened.</span></span></div>
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the cerebral palate of those of you who are seekers and have known since
CHILDHOOD that everything was ONE.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">I cannot believe the level of
anti-science incorporated in the rhetoric of The Republican Party – do they
really think that we are as gullible as the people of the middle ages? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">Ah well, I will let my son Zack deal
in that battle ground. He has just been hired by The Prevention Institute as a
media specialist – check out their site and watch it blossom as Zack’s energy
begins to enrich it.</span></span><br />
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the next day and guess what!! Went out in my kayak this morning and had two
close encounters with humpback<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>whales – what a treat!! No camera – sorry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need a simple Kodak “Playsport” that can take BOTH stills
and movies....anybody want to donate? Medical bills have taken their toll. My
old pilote Vicente has offered me some FREE rides out to help out, what a guy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">That’s about all the energy I’ve got
for this now. Suffice it to say that I have an “aggressive” cancer in my
prostate and I have a difficult choice to make. Radiation/hormones or wait and
watch. Both have their consequences without any assurances. For now enjoying my very special life
here – no pain, no physical difficulties, no metastasis....but looming.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;">A special.......very special thank you to
my daughter Kersti and her husband Bill Evans for their untiring devotion to my
care while with them – we are truly FAMILY. I LOVE YOU.</span></span></div>
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I am returning to my home on the 18th of March. I will soon after publish my first post since December. I am sorry to have been gone so long. Yet another medical need took me back to The States for two months. BTW: this is not my picture but ain't it grand?<br />
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attention! I haven’t blogged in over 3 months due to medical reasons but am now
back in my home in Mexico and working on recovery. It has been one of those
years where lots of things hit at once or at least within weeks of each other
and you just can’t seem to get ahead of the health game. I’m hoping that The
Great Mystery will give me a break for a while. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I have lots of people to
thank for helping me get through this latest episode but the star, and my chief
angel, was my daughter Kersti. Had it not been for her and her truly heroic
husband Bill Evans, things could have been real dicey. Here’s a picture of us
at “The Oasis” in Palo Alto (one of my high school hangouts) the day before I
left her care and started back home to El Cardonal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Here they both are a few years back in Hawaii. Thank you both
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’m not going to run through
the whole litany of my years saga, suffice it to say that it has been way more
than I expected and not at all WHAT I expected. I must thank the quick thinking
of the folks at The East Cape Med Center and my neighbors Luis Rochin and
Vicente Lucero for their immediate response to my emergency situation in September
– gracias mis amigos. And to my dear Dawn Pier from Vinorama, a special thanks
for coming to La Paz to hold my hand when most needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">With that said I am anxious
to begin another whale season and with a little more financial help it will be
a good one. There was a whale here the day I arrived so I’m looking at that as
a very positive sign indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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world that it’s difficult to choose what to talk about. I have been introduced
to a very interesting online news sight unlike most if not all others. I
recommend checking it out: <span style="color: red;">Sott.net</span> (“Signs of The Times” – no, not Armageddon
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Two quick thoughts. Years ago
when I first started appreciating the natural world around me, primarily San
Francisquito Creek in Redwood City, CA, I was never able to put into words the
delight I found in my discoveries. Someone else has and the book is titled:
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard – a joyful read! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Of course I continue to read
The Durant’s classic series, “The Story of Civilization” VII, The Age of Reason
Begins. SO MUCH INFORMATION and SO WELL WRITTEN!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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view the natural beauty of some of our indigenous peoples of planet earth – one
planet but many world realities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">DUE TO MEDICAL REASONS I WILL NOT BE POSTING FOR AWHILE. HOPE TO RETURN BY THE END OF NOVEMBER - DECEMBER. OCT. 17th 2014</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I find that at this point in
my life, if I get two consecutive years without a major medical or emotional
emergency I am doing good. 2014 has already provided enough of both for a few
years to come......but somehow I don’t think that’s the way it’s going to play
out. My personal paradigm has shifted and I have to draw on all my previous
learning to “surrender” to what is. Below is a picture taken of me on my first
trip ever to Baja. We (Susanna and I) were camped on the little island off of
the main beach at Concepcion Bay south of Muleje and I was working on
unburdening myself of some baggage – still working on it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">So, I am on Vol. Vll of
Durant’s epic “The History of Civilization”. Thankfully I am out of that period
of European History that was dominated by the church and all the ludicrous,
hateful and mindless ignorance it has always perpetrated. When one reads of the endless machinations of the
church (Judean, Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Baptist, Puritan etc, etc) to
maintain the human population in a state of ignorance, poverty and fear it’s
enough to raise the hackles. The present volume deals with the “Age of Reason” and the
beginnings of THE ENLIGHTENMENT – logic, reason, humanism and science. And
still today The Church in all it’s guises is a force to be reckoned with. Not because
of it’s innate wisdom or goodness but because of it’s jealous hold on the
Spirit of humankind. You see, that’s the problem with reading, evaluating,
analyzing and “connecting dots” ......the TRUTH eventually emerges and THE
TRUTH sets one free, and that’s exactly what they don’t want! And they are
still at it, indeed fighting WARS over it – PURE insanity!</span></div>
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week without making landfall or leaving us with much in the way of rain. The
mountains to the west got a bunch however and that’s good – that’s where the
aquifers are.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Did you know that <span style="color: red;">the Earth
is hit by lightening 50 times every second? </span>That’s eight and a half million
times a day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Now that you do, can you
imagine the power that represents and why the genius <span style="color: red;">Nickolai Tesla </span>suggested we harness
the energy in it for unlimited FREE electricity for everyone...and why the
government went with the inventor Thomas Edison instead entrapping us in this oil/coal burning dependency. I wonder how long we, the
human race, will put up with the agenda prescribed by the military, industrial,
RELIGIOUS complex before throwing off this yoke that has kept us on our knees
for so long. Isaac Asimov said it best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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traveled billions of miles for the past 10 years and will rendezvous with a
comet, eject a soft landing probe on the surface of the comet and begin telling
us things we never knew before. Practical? Who gives a f**k – it’s knowledge!</span></div>
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potential rain giving tropical storms pass by and one “Chubasco” (a short but violent squall), but nothing
yet. Marie looked like a possibility but she passed us without a flurry, great
surfing on the Pacific side though. This is what one looks like as it
approaches from the south. This was hurricane “Rick” last year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The <span style="color: red;">Vaquita</span>, the smallest of the porpoises, and found only in The Sea of Cortez, is rapidly becoming extinct. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">At best there are just 250
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half dozen a season) while on my whale expeditions. The picture below is not
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“show” and they spend a good part of their day “logging” (just lying quietly on
the surface) as the picture indicates. I was out in my kayak some years ago and
decided to lie back, close my eyes and just drift. I was awoken by the sound of some gentle blowing near me. I
slowly opened my eyes and without moving scanned the surface around me. Not 20
feet away were three vaquitas taking a breather. I knew that I shouldn’t move -
they are very skittish - so I remained partially reclined and just watched them
breath. We remained like that for a number of minutes and then they slipped by
me to take a look and dropped into the deep.</span></div>
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Chinese pay premium for them to sell their bladders on the food market so they
are caught by drift nets north of me. We are quite certain that they cannot
survive this hunting and there is simply nothing we can do because though there
are laws against it - money talks and we also simply do not have the boats or
personal to enforce those laws – same old, same old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: red;">Nickolai Copernicus
(Kopernik)</span>, yes, the man who tried so hard to open the eyes and minds of a
bunch of religious loony tunes who demanded that the whole universe revolved
around the earth, never published his great work, <span style="color: red;">“On the Revolutions of The
Celestial Orbs” </span>for fear of being burned at the stake (no surprise there).
However, on his deathbed on May 24<sup>th</sup>, 1543, a group of his devoted followers had the book published and brought it to him. He read the title page and died
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A team of astronomers announced <span style="color: red;">April 17, 2014, that they
have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the so-called
"habitable zone"</span> -- the distance from a star where liquid water might
pool on the surface. That doesn't mean this planet has life on it, says Thomas
Barclay, a scientist at the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute at Ames
and a co-author of a paper on the planet, called Kepler-186f. He says the
planet can be thought of as an "Earth-cousin rather than an Earth-twin. It
has many properties that resemble Earth." The planet was discovered by
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. It's located about 500 light-years from Earth in
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">While swimming my laps the
other day I ran into a really strong current over the reef. Nothing dangerous I
assure you but unusual to be that strong. As I turned against it to start back
to my haul out I saw a large Green Panamic Moray coming straight at me being
pushed by the current. He sees me and opens his jaws to frighten me and I
decide to turn and swim with him rather than into him. Works great, we both
settle into a neutral zone and just enjoy the drift. I also saw three sea
turtles while kayaking the other day – always a treat. No close encounters but
just damn nice to see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">An Estonian friend sent me
this picture taken at a wedding in 1923 on the small island of Vilsandi (off
the western coast of the larger Estonian island Saaremaa) in The Baltic. This is the island where
my mother’s ancestors pioneered and where a small community of
hearty seamen evolved – many to become ship’s captains like my grandfather. He
and my grandmother (who raised me when we emigrated to The United States) are
in this picture as well as my mother (ten years old) and at least one and maybe
both younger sisters. Just for fun for those of you who know me more closely,
see if you can identify any of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Here's a little more current history - a shot of me and my trailer shortly (2001-2002?) after Susanna and I (with
the invaluable help of John Hensley) hauled it down here to El Cardonal. You
can see the difference that time makes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">I have to include something
political but I don’t want to rage though there is SO MUCH to rage about! Now
this man was not perfect and he may not have been the best and wisest president
but he was a good man and cared for The American people. He is also responsible
for a big part of my radicalization in the 60’s when I read his memoir and he
discussed South East Asia. I am paraphrasing here: “The United States should at
all costs stay out of the affairs of South East Asia. There is a man there who
is equivalent to our George Washington (Ho Chi Min) and he will be DEMOCRACY’S
strongest ally in that region. I suggest we support him for he is supported and
loved by all his people” (well, until the CIA got into the picture anyway,
right!). When I was drafted for Viet Nam in 1965, these words helped form my
decision as to how I was going to relate to that war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">I had a strong reaction to
Robin William’s death as did so many others. When he and Jonathan Winters would
do their shticks together I was in hysterics and the tears flowed both from the
hilarity of their antics and the release of pain from my own soul. I do not
begrudge him or judge him for taking his own life – I consider that a right and
privilege of anyone. I would nonetheless have liked to have been by his side to
talk while he imbibed any number of painless terminating liquids. I am a strong
believer in the absolute right of anyone to take their own life when THEY see
fit. A terrific loss nonetheless!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">This post has been a bit on
the dark side I’m afraid but I don’t write these to be necessarily entertaining. This past
year has been a bit of a rough one for me and I have had much to contemplate.
We are living in difficult times, the old paradigm is shaky at best (thank the
Gods!) and when it falls it will usher in even more difficult times. But as an
old Indian friend once told me, “life is not unlike a river Urmas, there will
be areas of turbulence and swift current. Do not try to hang on, let go, allow
the river to take you to where it is peaceful and still again, the river never
ceases to flow - and it could be a good time”!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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painting”. It is an ancient Aztec symbol for night and day. Definitely taxed the
steadiness of my hand but great fun to attempt. I have been "re-inspired" to do
these due to my son Zack’s creations while here.</span></div>
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connection to Nature and the simple things is where my peace lies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and all the other scientific technology we have as tools for discovering the
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Not only was I blessed
with a scientific education that allowed me to FULLY appreciate the scope of
the universe, now I live in a veritable garden of delightful life forms. These
are some of the critters I spend my days with intimately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dismiss what is being done to our planet. This is a visual of the North Pacific Ocean Gyra of plastic debris collecting off our shores.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This is very serious!
You can see that the gyra is beginning to impinge on the migratory route for
the humpbacks between Baja and Alaska – these are my OTHERS “The Whale People”
and I am angry! In my darker moments I feel an intolerant disposition towards all
those who could not truly care and I feel combative.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">But then my daughter Kersti posts
something that brings me back to my center and I know that if I stay in my
core, then and only then am I living my “I Am”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Here’s the young lady
(center) that always, always finds the exact right words to bring her father a
greater peace.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Speaking of young
ladies:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Some years ago this
young lady (then Kirin Riddell) joined me for a magnificent day with The Whale
People – 11 Blue Whales and 2 Humpbacks. Recently she was married in Alaska
where she now lives. This is a picture of her “running the bases” the day of
her wedding. I love this picture! “Good on ya”, Kirin!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The other day I was
out in my kayak and decided to paddle north close to shore to see how far the
reef extended in that direction and if there were any especially good dive
spots there. I passed the northern edge of our reef and continued further
because I had been told by Nantzy Hensley that there were some good spots in front
of her place. The water was especially clear so I could see down a good ways.
Almost exactly in front of her place I saw a deeper crevice in the reef and
many, many fish. I dove over the side (my kayak is always tethered to my ankle and my paddle to the kayak so that I am free to dive anywhere without needing to worry about drift) and
was treated to one of my best reef experiences ever. Part of it was due of
course to the clarity of the water but man was it great. I counted at least a
dozen different species of fish - and in really large numbers. Beautiful,
beautiful, beautiful!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">On the 29<sup>th</sup>
of June I came across turtle tracks on the beach about ¼ mile south of my
place.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Hoohah - turtle tracks!!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">It must have been a
good sized female because the track was wide and deep.....and new. She probably
came up in the very early morning. I followed the tracks to her nest, marked it
(unobtrusively) and then covered her tracks from the water and back (some
poaching still goes on down here so I do what I can). I peed all around the
nest and peed again later to deter local dogs. The eggs should be hatching
right about now – hope some make it - it’s a tough life journey for the little
ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">A few days earlier the
Red Skimmer dragon fly migration began. It’s hard to capture the extent of it
but here’s a try. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">They were passing at
about 2500/minute (very, very conservative estimate) within 30’ of my trailer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">I volunteered to play
on the local baseball team next season but then promptly twisted my neck and
re-evaluated the offer. I’m going to the itinerate chiropractor (used to be the
team chiropractor for The 49er’s) in Los Barriles in about 10 days and I’ll see
where I stand. The local “jock” is Nelson Verdugo Angulo and he and I have become friends due
to both of our intense interest in sports. He always joins me at Alfonzo’s cantina
for 49er games and I join him for soccer and baseball.....or anything else
sports-like. While talking to him at the cantina the other day I found out that
he has been a professional boxer, a jockey, and had been a pitcher for the semi-pro
San Jose Del Cabo baseball team. He now drives the school bus, works with our
local carpenter and does any kind of pick work including of course fishing.
Then we started talking about various sports injuries we had sustained over the
years. What a hoot! The guy is a walking physical witness to what the body can
endure. He even showed me all the surgical scars to prove it – I was absolutely
amazed. He is also one of the friendliest and most courteous men I know. Truth
of it is – just about every male in our village is like that. I am really proud
to be part of this community.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">"Nelson" Verdugo Angulo at short stop on the local Cardonal team</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">On the 19<sup>th</sup>
of July I made a dive (snorkeling only - I have become more cautious about SCUBA
diving alone) on the reef and got into a large (30-40) school of King Angel Fish. They
are one of my favorite fish and though I see them often I have never seen a
school like that. Shortly after I spied my old friend the Hawksbill Sea Turtle
and swam with her/him for a while.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Not my pic but exactly what it was like</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Some Trivia:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I may or may not have
been inspired to write a children’s book. I am struggling to get started but I
have gotten some words on paper. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">I saw this in a book
I’m reading, can’t remember which one now but I thought I would share it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">I am the
Wind that blows over the Sea;</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">I am the
Wave of the Deep;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">I am the
Bull of the Seven Battles;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">I am the
Eagle upon the rock;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">I am a
Tear of the Sun;</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I
recently discovered that 20% of Estonians prefer to embrace ancient Pagan
concepts (nature worship) than Christianity etc. Hoohah!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">NASA is
12 billion short on the funds needed for the development of a deep space
rocket. This rocket would help open up vistas undreamed of in space before.
That’s the cost of 6 Stealth Bombers – </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">WTF!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Check out this
sculpture by John Lopez of Eagle Butte, South Dakota. He creates these from
pure junk found in his area. Google him – you will be amazed.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Here’s a great shot of
a Gannet I saw the other day on FB. Not my photo!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpGSq3fkOf-V5pCy4Z6NVrINdf34a0YdgZIdrDH6cieta_9epD2RdkxN6sGuNctXdZWT8-Ko03VvDUWbuGOH1bLbUarxizL1wCdVdGqqIpQHgqqOJwCvqXhK9uh2TC5WA4fLGyUdBINs/s1600/gannet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpGSq3fkOf-V5pCy4Z6NVrINdf34a0YdgZIdrDH6cieta_9epD2RdkxN6sGuNctXdZWT8-Ko03VvDUWbuGOH1bLbUarxizL1wCdVdGqqIpQHgqqOJwCvqXhK9uh2TC5WA4fLGyUdBINs/s1600/gannet.jpg" height="250" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">And it reminded me of
a pic I got of a pelican at about the same moment early on a beautiful morning down at the bluff.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-efVK2-JorXeAd625zN6_5umWfW9vwZ_i7rUFMyvY03U8QIfq_8EvBlpd8o3CY0t1uukGqRFt5DGNNET7lNQEYXoLI-IOybuSMKejwjAXjQYdJ9b2E799n8M5qGrLbzLF8oFS8kJApXo/s1600/pelican.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-efVK2-JorXeAd625zN6_5umWfW9vwZ_i7rUFMyvY03U8QIfq_8EvBlpd8o3CY0t1uukGqRFt5DGNNET7lNQEYXoLI-IOybuSMKejwjAXjQYdJ9b2E799n8M5qGrLbzLF8oFS8kJApXo/s1600/pelican.jpg" height="306" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">What an innocent child
I was, but Mother Nature has remained the same – always healing.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFmqqyJl0SvIMPCpeS0cglrLSYyS1zYAFYq3u6x-arsEWN5GHQEHlUyndv9y64pHtsGsosMvL8Id4o-hqcXxY40wTwQqw4C_6NHZ4Sfr35uxzfVnv1JBmTb2JWP3RQZuryYkIMhd4cx8/s1600/passport425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFmqqyJl0SvIMPCpeS0cglrLSYyS1zYAFYq3u6x-arsEWN5GHQEHlUyndv9y64pHtsGsosMvL8Id4o-hqcXxY40wTwQqw4C_6NHZ4Sfr35uxzfVnv1JBmTb2JWP3RQZuryYkIMhd4cx8/s1600/passport425.jpg" height="400" width="258" /></a></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">"Keep on truckin" folks</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Galaxies and more galaxies!</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">This is the newest deep space photo taken by The Hubble
telescope...and in true color. These are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> NOT stars, they are GALAXIES </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">and they
are all within a very, very small region of the space around us. Each one
containing billions of stars and each star possibly (more probably) home for a
solar system.....and there are some who think we are the only inhabited planet
in The Universe. Don’t you find that odd?</span></div>
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BTW this was our star on the morning of The Summer Solstice
– “Grandfather” according to The Huichol. I never fail to thank Grandfather and
Grandmother (The Ocean) after a day at sea and under the sun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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New discoveries regarding the humpbacks of the world’s
oceans coming partially from the data collected during the SPLASH program that I was
involved in from 2004-2007. Ah.....field biology and knowledge – love it!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">“A new genetic study has revealed that populations of
humpback whales in the oceans of the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Southern
Hemisphere are much more distinct from each other than previously thought, and
should be recognized as separate subspecies. Understanding how connected these
populations are has important implications for the recovery of these
charismatic animals that were once devastated by hunting.”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Now here’s something a bit chilling. There is a proposal to
“frack” near many of The National Parks (Teddy is rolling – NO THRASHING in his
grave). <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Chaco Canyon happens to be one of the MOST sacred sites on the planet.</span>
This is Anasazi country and if you haven’t been there do yourself a favor
before it’s too late.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Went out night kayaking on the 22<sup>nd</sup> and forgot to
place my blinker light on the rocks near my haul out. By the time I was ready
to return it was way dark and I couldn’t make out the shoreline. I knew where I
was but there’s only one really good place to come out due to rocks (not good
for the kayak bottom). I just kept paddling in the basic direction and then I
was able to distinguish the site by sound and silhouette of the house roofs.
Another fun and non-threatening adventure.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is not my photo but I have been here. Three years ago
Zack and I got in with three humpbacks and about forty dolphins while out
getting ID’s. The water wasn’t this clear but we were this close. Talk about a
rush! I read recently that this kind of “escorting” is often done just before a
whale is born.</div>
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Speaking of whales and Zack. We ended the season with 52
ID’s, a number of magnificent breaches, a lots of other swims with
“critters’. He was a fine companion for the season and is now back in his world
in Oakland. His 3 ½ months down here were valuable to both of us. Here are some
final photos of him before he left on June 9<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Que les vaya bien, hijo!</span></div>
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Here are some local “critters” that make my life ever more enjoyable.</div>
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On June 9<sup>th</sup> Zack and I left Mexico to join our
extended family in Yosemite to celebrate my brother Peter and wife Julie’s 50<sup>th</sup>
wedding anniversary. It was a grand reunion in every way and I was deeply
touched by the sincere respect and love with which I was treated. I was also
able to walk around the valley at my leisure and revisit some of the many
special places and the memories they elicited. I spent two afternoons at
the same lodge pool where Peter and I swam our hours away in absolute bliss for
the many years mom took us there on her vacations.</div>
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My trip north ended with the traditional gathering of the
“Four Musketeers” (Frank Denney, Bill Symon, John Erving and myself) for dinner
in Palo Alto, California where we grew up. No photo this time – can’t believe
that but I’ve got a 55 year HS reunion next year and just might make it up there
again.</div>
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Ready to go home after a great 10 days in The States.</div>
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Poolside with neighbors in El Cardonal the other evening.
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you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the
world cries and you rejoice. – Cherokee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Well this is the longest break I have taken from writing
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physically so my creative juices are minimal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let me first catch you up on the 2014 whale season and the
progress on the marine lab project. Due to my “infirmities” for two months at
the prime time of the season I was not able to obtain as many IDs as I could
have. Nevertheless, I am happy to announce that I DID get 52 IDs (not all world
class) and that is a good season regardless. There were more humpbacks in our
waters than anyone could remember since 2005 so the population is doing well.
Lots and lots of mother/calf pairs with everyone looking good and healthy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Regarding the marine lab - The Mexican department of
secondary education (SEP) is sitting on the design for the lab and seems to be,
along with other Mexican agencies, leaning towards funding the lab themselves
rather than requiring me to come up with the money. For those of you who have
contributed to that effort, a special plaque will be placed in the lobby
recognizing your early gift. For those of you interested in helping, let’s wait
and see what the final situation will be before any further donations. I am
being constantly reassured by the officials here that it is a “done deal” but
as all things in Mexico – poco a poco.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I would like to share some art before getting into some of
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My dear friend Nantzy Hensley sent me this. There is
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This was painted by my good friend Gary who comes here with
his wife Mary Ellen every year to enjoy our little bit of paradise here in El Cardonal.
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These are “rock paintings” done by my son Zack who is on an
extended visit here and has taken up this hobby of mine. Since he can’t take
them back to The States they will adorn Shangri-La from now on – how lucky is
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is a young moscow-based fine art photographer who brings animals and humans
together in her spiritual and magical photography. her fairy-tale-inspired
works recreate the long-lost or long-forgotten bond between animals and
humans."</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">So.......much of this past two
months has involved my introducing Zack to the full extent of my world here in
Baja Sur. He has accompanied me on all my photo expeditions (thereby having a
number of unique experiences). He has tracked whales, dolphins, sea lions,
turtles and Mobulas (rays) in a kayak, learned archery, snorkeled on our reef
as well as at Cabo Pulmo, Punta Pescadero and Isla Cerralvo, swum with whales,
dolphins and sea lions, taken hikes to magical places (El Chorro Hot Springs),
shot hoops at the local school and conducted exercise regimes on the beach and
has discovered the joy of photography. He has also encouraged me to eat
vegetables so that every day now we have one big salad along with homemade
chicken soup – yep, from scratch.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">One day he kayaked with three
humpbacks from El Cardonal all the way to San Isidro, leaving me well behind.
And just the other day he kayaked with a herd of dolphin from El Cardonal to
Los Tinas – the guy is a real “hot rod”. I am of course very proud of all these
accomplishments and I know he will carry them with him all his life. If you
happen to come across him one day let him tell some stories, his passion is as
great as mine!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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adventures together – there are of course many more.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Shortly after a face to face encounter with "Jabba the Hut"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Yes, a little science now:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Years ago I began reading the
works of Richard Feynman, a professor of physics at Cal Tech and a very
articulate and immensely intelligent “new age” scientist. I don’t mean in the
sense of the social fad but in the truest sense of being a leading voice in the
“new” perspectives of reality engendered by the opening of the mind during the
60’s. he is gone now but there are others following in his tracks.
Nevertheless, I miss him. Here is an article written by him that is so
enlightening. And a thanks to Alan Pomeroy for sending it on to me. As Alan
said, “he had the curiousity of a child and the brain of a genius”.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There is a Chinese corporation trying to push a Mega
development on the border of the Cabo Pulmo National Park south of me. Zack and
I were just diving there two weeks ago. While there we attended a meeting of
local people (I was invited due to my whale work in the region) who are trying
to fight this development. The size of it is truly huge and would without doubt
effect the whale migration that passes right through the area. If you see
anything about the proposed<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> “Cabo Dorado” </span>development in baja please pay
attention.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Apropos to this concern is a poem and painting by my friend
Bruce Mcclosky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><i>Aeons
I've swum<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><i>through
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><i>And
hold the knowing<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><i>for
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><i>Ah
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><i>And
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">At lunch today, Zack and I discussed these
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preferable to the most just wars”</span></span></div>
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friend.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ran through El Cardonal on the 14</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">th</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">. Hah, talk about blowing the
tranquility of my community!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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N. Cal. Visiting my son Zack – a most delightful young woman.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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