Today is the first of June! This is a good thing, as it means that school will soon be out. I'm not in school, but that's a good thing for people who are and want to get on with the business of summer. Two months and counting until my ship date! It's true, I'm going to be in the South in the sweltering heat, but that's okay. Perhaps more sweltering heat awaits in my future. If I get deployed to combat, I get deployed. Warfare is not glamorous or exciting- rather, these people are just as human as I am- they are fathers, sons, brothers, mothers, sisters and daughters, too. Their lives are worth no more or less than mine, and were circumstances different, our positions could be reversed. But nonetheless, I took an oath to both defend the Constitution and follow orders, with the full knowledge of what that could entail, and will bear the consequences, karmic or otherwise.
On a lighter note, we took Max out fishing yesterday, in pursuit of the elusive bass. The elusive bass evidently had set up a cozy home under an overhanging tree branch in the Windsor Locks canal, and wouldn't budge if it meant a whole plate full of worms with hot sauce. The lack of hits we got was probably due to the mayflies- they were laying eggs on the water, and in so doing became a ready meal for fish. With all the food literally dropping out of the sky, the fish were probably not that interested in pursuing a meal that required a bit more effort to go out and get. However, there were a lot of fish in the canal, mostly small ones, though. But, of course small fish in time develop into bigger fish. There were two carp, who seemed on pretty social terms. These two carp looked for a moment like the ones above- symbolic of the idea of moving freely in the water (symbolic of the world) without drowning or being caught up in it. I'm told they also represent the Yamuna and Ganges rivers in India. The fish are a common symbol in both Buddhism and, earlier, in Hinduism. Not that any of that has any real bearing on carp in the canal, as carp don't eat worms as a general rule, and I've heard they don't taste that good, either. But apart from that, it was nice weather to knock around and do very little productive with. In the hopes that all your Junes are good ones!
On a lighter note, we took Max out fishing yesterday, in pursuit of the elusive bass. The elusive bass evidently had set up a cozy home under an overhanging tree branch in the Windsor Locks canal, and wouldn't budge if it meant a whole plate full of worms with hot sauce. The lack of hits we got was probably due to the mayflies- they were laying eggs on the water, and in so doing became a ready meal for fish. With all the food literally dropping out of the sky, the fish were probably not that interested in pursuing a meal that required a bit more effort to go out and get. However, there were a lot of fish in the canal, mostly small ones, though. But, of course small fish in time develop into bigger fish. There were two carp, who seemed on pretty social terms. These two carp looked for a moment like the ones above- symbolic of the idea of moving freely in the water (symbolic of the world) without drowning or being caught up in it. I'm told they also represent the Yamuna and Ganges rivers in India. The fish are a common symbol in both Buddhism and, earlier, in Hinduism. Not that any of that has any real bearing on carp in the canal, as carp don't eat worms as a general rule, and I've heard they don't taste that good, either. But apart from that, it was nice weather to knock around and do very little productive with. In the hopes that all your Junes are good ones!
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