A man can’t get rich if he’s taking care of his family – Navajo proverb
Especially when his is the Family of Man or all critters
Category: Wild Card
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at least once
life continues
You cannot fool the sea
It’s a line from a wife working with her captain husband at sea, in correspondence preserved at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine.
What wisdom!
The ocean can be truly cruel, especially on the sailing ships and their masts of her era.
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where was the silver spoon?
was it always this hard?
Science in the mirror of religion
Eternity?
What’s beyond the Big Bang!
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the wet horizon pours out
draped in fish
down to the seed
rather than transcendence
As for my emotional home, I’m lost
without geohistory and mythopoetics
where I wanted to collapse into your dreams
once you came
Is anyone else pestered by seemingly endless car warranty calls?
I’m assuming they’re robocalls, which I believe should be outlawed with horrendous consequences. Or even if live, rather than recorded, going for the throats of the higher-up perpetuators, rather than the poor offshore minions who actually speak into the phone from wherever.
But still, don’t they get the idea that I got the picture that they’ll never, ever, be this responsive if I pay up and ever need a repayment by way of a claim?
It’s an aging vehicle, after all, and will need some costly repairs. How much? The so-called insurance expects to be far ahead of any premiums in the long run, no questions asked.
Got any ideas on how to turn the table on this nuisance? My readers and I are all ears!
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barking crows
whims of courtly love
course you hate being ordered about
marble, limestone, granite, ice
soapstone as a handyman’s tool
sweating came much later
to this cold-blooded frame
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natchurrally, I’d drive the tractor, back up skillfully, too
as I’m still flat, flattened, corn, soy, wheat to the core
plus hogs and cattle. As for chickens, you need
justly one rooster
let me cackle, however faintingly
Something new I’ve been seeing in the weather alerts
Living along the ocean, I’ve seen gale warnings become a regular part of the forecast. You’ve heard of gales of course. But freezing spray?
I hadn’t given it much thought till now. Remember that magical “sea smoke” I’ve been observing? It no doubt condenses on vessels. As does moisture whipped up from the surface by those gale-force winds. Either way, here’s what the weather service says:
Freezing spray may render mechanical and electronic components inoperative. Ice accretion on decks and superstructures may result in some loss of stability. Very strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
During freezing spray conditions the U.S. Coast Guard advises that you ensure all lifesaving equipment remains free of ice.
Mariners should prepare for accumulation of ice on their vessel and consider altering plans to avoid or mitigate these hazardous navigating conditions.
Mariners should prepare to remain in port, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions before conditions deteriorate.
And that’s for today’s steel-hulled ships. Imagine what it was like back in the days of sails and no warnings. As for trying to walk on decks or man the rigging?
And you thought freezing rain was bad? Seems it has a nastier brother.
