I was innocent of all charges, but was incarcerated anyway…

Alone in the night she calls to him

but he does not hear her words

she reaches out to where he once slept

and is filled with such despair

She imagines his touch his gentle caress

his kisses how sweet they were

she longs to see that beautiful face

as he once lovingly stroked her hair

Slowly it all comes back to her

the terrible news that they brought

the war the killing the lives that are lost

the hearts beyond repair

She thinks of him in the cold hard earth

where they placed him yesterday

and as the tears run silently down her face

she offers up this prayer

Thank you, Lord, for the time we had

and for the love of this wonderful man

watch over him protect him

always keep him in your care

Make sure he knows that I love him

that he is in my heart every day

and that he knows that I cherish always

those incredible years that we shared

The morning comes and she arises

and goes about her day

but she knows that she is never alone

for she feels him everywhere

Alone in the night she calls to him…

SCW 06/07

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I’ve always had a fascination with sea horses…though, to me, they look far more like dragons than horses…

What amazing little creatures!

Found in both tropical and temperate waters all across the globe, seahorses are arguably one of the most distinctive and charismatic marine wildlife species in existence. Ranging in length from more than a foot to under one inch, there are more than 40 known species of these ‘horses of the sea’ recorded by scientists to date. From odd dieting tendencies to adorably romantic relationship rituals, there’s much more to seahorses’ majestic intrigue than their trademark elongated mouths and curly tails. Here are just a few wildly fun facts you may not have known about this charming species.

Seahorse couples are essentially serial monogamists, sticking with one partner for long periods of time. Remaining committed to a single partner enables seahorses to pass through multiple reproduction cycles during each mating season, heightening the likelihood of successful, continuous procreation over time.

Seahorse ladies need not fret when it comes to gestation and childbirth. Perhaps one of their most distinctive traits, the Syngnathidae family stands remarkably unique in that it’s the males that carry the burden of pregnancy, not the females.

Seahorses aren’t just different from other fish in their external appearance, either: they’re also ridiculously poor swimmers. They are the slowest-moving of all fish species because of an impeccably tiny fin in the middle of their backs being the only way to propel themselves.  However, while they aren’t all that durable, seahorses are quite unique in that they can not only move forward, but also up, down and backward. 

While they do struggle when it comes to speed, that doesn’t mean this species isn’t athletic! Their tails are quite flexible for a reason, enabling them to anchor themselves to coral or seaweed when they’re in need of a rest.

Since they don’t have teeth or even a stomach at all like other marine species do, the structure of a seahorse digestive system is also markedly unique. This makeup results in a digestive process that functions with extraordinary rapidity, requiring the animals to feast constantly on a carnivorous diet of tiny fish and planktonic copepods. Don’t let their small size fool you: seahorses can consume up to 3,000 crustaceans like brine shrimp in a single day, sucking them up through their trumpet-like snouts from as much as three centimeters away.

Sadly, as with most of our ocean life, sea horses are in trouble.  Mankind seriously needs to stop using our oceans as trash cans.

I look around me
and I see all of the beauty that is in this world….

From the tiniest of butterflies,
flitting from flower to flower…
to the incredible, mighty Sequoia,
ever-towering…

From the amazing little hummingbird,
bee-like as it zooms in to a Honeysuckle blossom for a quick snack…
to the ocean,
with all of it’s incomprehensible vastness…

From the tallest mountain ranges,
to the deepest canyons…
From the earth below our feet…
to the sun and the moon and the stars…

And man.

All things God-given and created…
We have honored Him for two thousand years.
Why must we, now, be forced to remove Him from our very existence?
For is He not responsible for our very existence?

When you remove the Creator,
do you not, then, begin to destroy the created?

Sure looks like an empty Madeleine pan to me…

The Sunrise Calls To Me

Before my day gets started

before work can interfere

I sit out on the front porch

and wait for the sun to appear

Quietly I sit there

with my morning cup

anxiously awaiting

the sun’s coming up

There is silence all around me

everything is still

no birds, no breeze, no sound at all

just the quiet, if you will

As it creeps up o’er the river

how pink the sky becomes

causing a spectrum of color

before the rising’s done

It makes the dewdrops speak to me

as they glisten on the grass

and I am filled with deep contentment

an equanimity, at last

This miracle of nature

this gift from God’s own hand

this morning sun shall warm the earth

as it shines down upon the land

Before my day gets started

before work can interfere

I am thankful for this miracle

and this time I hold so dear…

Have a great day!

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Hope your day is a good one!

I can hear those fleas and ticks multiplying out in the yard as I write this…[I also anticipate a blizzard in April]…