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I love you so much. Thank you for your beautiful waves, for being warm to swim in on cold days and for obliterating all of life’s crap with just one sweet kiss upon my toes. —Yours
This article appears in Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2012.
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The ONLY John Denver song I will ever admit to liking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZonmQZG0GQ
Lovely Love, OP. And so true.
I wonder if our resident surfer-girl, Shesang, penned this paean to Poseidon ?
You’re right Ivan–it was me….guess that’s why you’re the Pope;)
Two thumbs up SheSang! Big fan of the ocean.
my favourite ‘love’ posting. are you a moon child she-sang?
Nice to see others who love the ocean!
Hey Good Dog:) So glad you liked the Love–wrote it not long after i went for my first surf in a year!! i am going out tomorrow afternoon (Boru is thinking of coming:))–you are welcome to join, even if ya just wanna hang on the beach and walk the dog!! You guys too, Troodon and Ivan–even just being in the ocean is awesome:) All ‘board members’ welcome–will check my SheSang email acct around noon (shesang@hotmail.ca) in case anyone wants to come out!!
btw, Good Dog, i am not a moonchild, but astrologically speaking i am a twin–maybe a little sun/moon stuff with moon dominance (rising??)….when i was a kid i loved the water so much i tried to will myself into a pisces (lol)…how about yourself?
i am dead centre cancer moonchild. and a water dragon in the chinese. (7/7/52) so the ocean is a powerful draw for me. i have been miserable when living far from it. and i prefer the atlantic to the pacific, i have found. i dream about living in the water, breathing it. twirling around and zooming through it.
don’t think i can play hookey tomorrow though.
in winter i take the dogs to the wind surfing section at lawrtencetown.
i am a bull/ox but love the water. my sister in law tried to explain it to me, i feel at home in the sea
Hey Good Dog and Paingirl!! You guys sound like you would both be a blast at the beach!!!!! While not a water sign, i too am miserable if i am away from it for too long–when the weather warms up i think a beach summit is def in order–maybe early to mid spring:) We could even include dogs:)
btw, Good Dog, i love that beach too–too bad there are too many strong rips for it to be safe for us non-wind surfers:P…i also like to walk my pup at lawrencetown sometimes–he 16 pounds of mighty shit-eating zhu, he never takes his tux or his fore-spatz off, and if you met him you’d fall in love with him…everyone does;)
SheSang I would like to go with you tomorrow.I heard it’s supposed to be cold.I’m a Leo and I’ve been told cats hate the water but, I love it.Drove across Canada a few times and was so excited when we arrived back here or to the Pacific Ocean.
SheSang you mentioned Jacques Cousteau in another thread;I never missed an episode,either.
I Love the ocean but,unfortunately for me,I can’t swim very good.
BTW SheSang have I told you that you have big balls for learning to surf at your age?
I’ll call you when I get back tomorrow.Should be around noon.
I can’t wait to meet your dog.
Sounds awesome Boru!! And thx for the props chick–“To have balls or not to have balls, that is the question;)”…..I am SURE that’s what Shakespeare meant to say!!!!!
“For he today that shrivels his balls with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile
this day shall make him pruney;
And gentlemen in HRM shall think themselves wussies
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks,
That hung 10 with us upon St. Crispin’s Day”
I too was a devotee of Captain Cousteau. Those early 70s docs that Rod Serling narrated.
Loved them. Even built this when I was 15:
http://oldmodelkits.com/jpegs/Revell%20H57…
Ivan, that is so cool!!!!! My house was a little trad, so the models usually went to my bro and stayed in his closet or under his bed…I scoffed em now and again (along with his xmas mechano sets–loved those!), lots of war planes and a few destroyers, but we never had Calypso….do you still have yours packed away, or is it gone? If you still have it I’d love to see some pics!!…btw, thanks also for the calypso link–i love that tune too!!!)
Long gone unfortunately. One of the drawbacks of army brat life. You move a lot and get in the habit of ditching things. I still make them and find myself buying kits that I built as a wean. The guys at the hobby shop I frequent get a kick out me because I’m always buying old Airfix and Monogram kits rather than the expensive new stuff coming out of Asia. That’s for the serious hobbyists and I’m just a recreational glue sniffer. The good news is that Revell Germany have re-issued the kit. Because of copyright issues with the Cousteau Foundation they cannot mention anything to do with Cousteau or Calypso, so it looks like this:
http://www.megahobby.com/productimages/rvg…
The cover art doesn’t do it justice, but there is a white-haired guy in a red toque flying in the little Hughes helicopter, and it’s clearly the Diving Saucer being hoisted off the stern, so they ain’t foolin’ nobody. I have a line on one locally and may just give it to myself for Christmas. >: )