Morning Wonderful

Morning Wonderful

D. S. Mitchell

I’ve commented on Calamity Politics, over the last week how fed up I am with the wind and rain.  Not today.  I woke up to crisp air and bright sunshine. Stopping to post a journal entry is not on my current ‘to do list’ this morning. Like a Snickers starved child I run toward my muse, the illusive sun.

Lily is in charge this morning. She has convinced me that we need to take a walk, a long beach walk.  I can see the surf from my front window, but the beach is two blocks away. Lily found her leash and dropped it at my feet. Together, we headed to the dune.

I took a shortcut across the back field and disturbed a deer family, causing Lily to jerk so hard on her leash she nearly toppled me over.  The pleasures of dog ownership are often close to the pleasures of non-dog ownership.

I live in an area that is blessed with miles of unspoiled dunes and beaches.  Coming over the dune top, I saw what looked like three small kids lined up with their backs to the surf.  Weird, kids never hold still that long.  I strained and held Lily tight.  It wasn’t three tots, it was three American Bald Eagles.  OMG, just standing there, less than a foot between them.

I’ve seen single specimens stand like that at the water’s edge but never three together, just hanging out.  Lily seemed to recognize the moment as a special one, and for once was quiet. Together we turned back and walked further down the dune to reach the beach.  I looked back and they were still there. One of the most amazing and beautiful sights I have ever seen.

We currently have a government more deferential to the wealthy than ever before in my lifetime. Capitalism needs restraints, at this time more than ever. It is time to demand a more empathetic government.

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  1. LYNN P O'BRIEN WOLFE

    For me, the environment is the most important issue facing humankind. If we don’t have a planet on which to live, what do jobs, health care, money, matter? I saw a sign at an Earth Day rally a year or so ago — two quite elderly women were holding it up. It read: There is no plan(et) “B”. I took my 15 year-old grandson to that rally — his first ever. It was an eye-opener for him, to see people of all ages, all incomes, all walks of life, coming together to try and protect our one and only earth.

  2. The budget cuts and the return of freedom to pollute are horrific. I also worry about the change in our culture. Teaching our young The Golden Rule is challenged by what is coming from the top.

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