kinders dig to the other side of the world and find water.
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“if there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.”
-loren eiseley
Jun14
Tag Archives: water
Dec30
post.
you’re probably familiar with the postal credo of not letting rain or snow or sleet interfere with duties. in the south pacific ocean nation of vanuatu, that guarantee extends to being totally submerged underwater. welcome to the world’s only underwater post office.
island postal officials debuted a deep-sea post office adjunct in 2003. tourists to the collection of more than 80 islands can dive roughly 10 feet (about 3 meters) down near hideaway island to discover a staffed aquatic postal station.
waterproof postcards and stamps purchased on dry land can be mailed via the sea, with visitors alerted to the window being occupied by a flagged bob in the water. (if not, they can drop mail off in a separate slot.)
vanuatu clerks can even postmark the correspondence, substituting ink for an embossing device that proves it’s in transit. the cards can then be sent internationally.
if the idea of conducting mail transactions while snorkeling isn’t extreme enough for you, vanuatu also offers a drop-off box situated on an active volcano on mt. yasur.
“i get mail; therefore I am.”
– scott adams
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credits: mental floss, lonely planet, j. rossen
Oct14
through it.
“eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”
-norman maclean
Jun20
poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate. -john denham
water
Everything on the earth bristled,
the bramble pricked
and the green thread nibbled away,
the petal fell,
falling until the only flower was the falling itself.
Water is another matter,
has no direction but its own bright grace,
runs through all imaginable colors,
takes limpid lessons from stone,
and in those functionings plays out
the unrealized ambitions of the foam.
Pablo Neruda
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killarney, ireland
May29
in it.
waking up on the lake
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“it’s morning, and again I am that lucky person who is in it…..”
-mary oliver, the hummingbird
May23
under her wing.
when learning to swim, sometimes one needs a bit of extra help.
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“water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. there is no life without water.”
-albert szent-gyorgyi
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image credit: bradley cooper
May7
water.
water
Everything on the earth bristled, the bramble
pricked and the green thread
nibbled away, the petal fell, falling
until the only flower was the falling itself.
water is another matter,
has no direction but its own bright grace,
runs through all imaginable colors,
takes limpid lessons
from stone,
and in those functionings plays out
the unrealized ambitions of the foam.
– pablo neruda
Aug25
“who am I to blow against the wind?” – paul simon
sunday’s strong winds turned
the annual port huron, michigan float down
into an accidental international expedition.
the associated press reports around 1,500 people were sent across the st. clair river’s international border while riding inflatable rafts, tubes, boats, and other floatation devices.
canadian authorities helped bring them back to michigan from sarnia, ontario. police reportedly arranged for sarnia transit to take the stranded rafters back stateside.
Facebook post from the rafters:
“we want to express our gratitude to the canadian authorities for their assistance and understanding with the floaters who’ve unintentionally been forced to the canadian shoreline. you’ve shown us true kindness and what it means to be amazing neighbors!”
sarnia police tell the a.p. only minor injuries were reported in the incident, which started at port huron’s lighthouse beach and was slated to end at marysville’s chrysler beach before mother nature took control.
authorities report that “a strong current and lack of life jackets” heightened the hazards in the incident. the port huron float down is an annual event between michigan and canada, which takes participants 7.5 miles down the st. clair river. shipowners are speaking out against an annual, loosely organized event that sends thousands floating down the st. clair river.
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credits: associated press, mlive.com, sarnia police,
blackburnnews.com, benjamin raven
May31
big enthusiasm.
it just isn’t a long weekend
until you break out
your giant inflatable beer bottle
to float down the river on.
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“if you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.”
-dale carnegie
Jul9
hope.
sitting by the river
relaxed and thinking
this may not end well.
yet hopeful.
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‘hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism.
it is not the conviction that something will turn out well,
but the certainty that something makes sense,
regardless of how it turns out.’
– vaclav havel
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