The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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! walk along the beach almost every day. I take photos of the rocks, the pebbles, the birds. I search out the rock life: the hermit crabs, the sea anemone, the tiny fish.

But I have never thought where the rocks come from, nor often the battle between earth and sea.

Do you live near the sea?

I've just gotta open my atlas and study it.



..............
My daughter finally answered me.

Humm, !'ve seen that symbol used before. Interesting.

Good deal, pleased to hear it.

Dear wind that shakes the barley free,
Blow home my true love's ship to me, fill her sails.
I a-weary wait upon the shore.

Forsake her not in times of storm,
Protect her oaken beams from harm, fill her sails.
I a-weary wait upon the shore.

Whether he be in Africa
Or deep asleep in India, fill his dreams,
I a-weary wait upon the shore.

Dear snow white gulls upon the wing,
I, like you, are lamenting, for my love.
I a-weary wait upon the shore.

And in my chariot of sleep,
I ride the vast and dreamy deep, deep sea.
I awake a-weary on the shore.

For seven years and seven days,
No man has seen my woman's ways, dear God.
I a-weary cry upon the shore.

Along the shingle beach I go,
The wind about me as I make my way,
To my weary dream upon my bed.

Dear wind that shakes the barley free,
Blow home my true love's ship to me, fill her sails.
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
I a-weary wait upon the shore.

(one of my favorite Donovan (Leitch) songs. . .
I don't know if Shingle is like Cobble, but I think it is. . ..)

A shingle beach is covered in pebbles.



It is similar to a cobble beach, but different, like so many things in the world: so similar, but also different.
I don't know the geological processes that produce shingle beaches.

They apparently exist in the US. I've walked much of the New England coastline from Cape Cod to Machias, ME,
and I have never walked on a shingle beach that I can remember, but maybe I have and didn't realize it.

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Passage to more than India!
O secret of the earth and sky!
Of you O waters of the sea! O winding creeks and rivers!
Of you O woods and fields! of you strong mountains of my land!
Of you O prairies! of you gray rocks!
O morning red! O clouds! O rain and snows!
O day and night, passage to you!

O sun and moon and all you stars! Sirius and Jupiter!
Passage to you!

Passage, immediate passage! the blood burns in my veins!
Away O soul! hoist instantly the anchor!
Cut the hawsers--haul out--shake out every sail!
Have we not stood here like trees in the ground long enough?
Have we not grovell'd here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutes?
Have we not darken'd and dazed ourselves with books long enough?

Sail forth--steer for the deep waters only,
Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me,
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

O my brave soul!
O farther farther sail!
O daring joy, but safe! are they not all the seas of God?
O farther, farther, farther sail!


Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Passage to India [9:10-32]
Leaves of Grass (1900)

Krex wrote:

And blessed as well.

Ah, the gifts we have, and some we're still not aware of. Only want to add, my response to your "idea"
was spontaneous because I know a good idea when I see one. Didn't have to mull that one over. My problem is, following up on my own. I have a whole notebook reserved for and chocked full of my own glorious ideas. Some of them get a life. Some don't, but may in the future. Hopeful ideas.

Robyn, I'm glad that you've heard from your daughter. What a relief that must be. What is she doing in Viet Nam and does hearing from her mean you will not be going there?

Godwit and Merle - Nice way to start off the day with the pictures and verse.

PP - as always, your humble wisdom amazes and delights me.

Lauri - take care! see you when you return!
Krex - haven't answered yet 'cuz my slow brain is still thinking on both issues.
Postie - no need to be sorry! I talk to and answer you guys in my head all the time - only later realizing that I never actually typed my answer. Whoops! Merle is right - at least in my case - I live inside my head. You were going thru a med change at that time as well, so I figured you were there reading, but not quite feeling up to writing. You can go back to ignoring me now. Have a good day all! Time to snooze! ZZZZZzzzzzz.....

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Nan, hon, unfortunately, girls and women like that have existed since time immemorial. They figure out that sex is power and use it to ruin men who are dumb enough to fall for it. It is a game. The fact that you and I don't understand says nothing but good things about us. It is pathetic and disgusting.

I have a surgeon that I just adore. His son also plays soccer with Kid#2. He got caught up in a short affair with a patient, a non-to-mentally-stable patient. It was a bad judgement call on his part, but it happened for whatever the reason. He did call it off. And the woman went running to report him for having sex with a patient. He was fortunate in that the woman had lied about numerous small details and hung herself but he could have lost everything. And I'm sure that was her plan. Instead, she slandered herself, he still has his family and his practice and of course his patients that realize human frailty exists and mistakes happen. Life goes on. And the games that people play with each other's lives also go on.

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BlessedMom wrote:

And sometimes not.

I knew a woman who's life went astray. Some people might call her a slut, I say she was deeply troubled and married to a man "who took no captives". She worked as a bartender on the waterfront and developed a relationship with a doctor who kept his boat at the marina. She we. nt missing, two days later they pulled her body up from the river. She was a beautiful young woman when I first knew her and madly in love with the scoundrel she eventually married. Back then, he referred to her as "the leach". Her death was declared "accidental"

And where are you tonight, Sweet Louise?

And yes, there are those women who aren't purposely trying to destroy someone. I think the point I was trying to make was that as long as there are men and women, there are going to be these games. And that there are women out there who know how to play them. And men dumb enough to play along.

My first marriage ended because my husband didn't like my no dating policy. He had affairs constantly. I forgave most of the young ladies (hah, I was a young lady then). I knew that most of them were clinging to the false promises and debonair personality of my ex-husband. They were searching for something and he was using that to his advantage. I even felt sorry for a few of them.
There was one, however, that I despise to this day. She worked for my father and was known to be one of those girls who breaks up a couple and then moves on to the next one. It was a game for her.
She called me one day to inform me that she had been sleeping with my husband. I stopped, thought about the response and said, " And how can I help you?" She was stunned! She asked me if I had heard what she had said. I said, "Yes, my dear, I heard you. Am I supposed to be surprised? He's not that careful about hiding his affairs." She said, "Affairs?" and I responded," Yes, affairs. I hate to be the one to tell you, but you are not the first, and you sure as heck are not going to be the last. My husband is a snake, and this time you are the one that is the victim. I know that you love the power of being a marriage wrecker but I'm not going anywhere. Like I said, you are not the first, you aren't going to be the last and you are not that special. I am not leaving my husband but if you still want to continue your affair with him, you are more than welcome to come and do his laundry." There was silence on the other end of the phone. She quit at my parents' restaurant and moved out of town.

She didn't win. But she could have had a good laugh if she had, and taken out an entire family for even better effect.

I couldn't agree more. My point is that sometimes the games turn deadly.

The way you handled the "game" was brilliant.

Yes, they can.

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On a much lighter note - CC's joke of the day:
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