Ringo (a dog)

Ringo is flexible and exuberant.
He has no use for derision and insult.
If you lose your temper with him, he won't hold it against you.
He will sniff the wind, clear his mind, and be ready to play.

Tenacious D

In Breach, Eric O'Neill exhibits tenacity, resourcefulness, self-sacrifice, and patriotism - in defense of his country. Seems like he got a lot from his father. He really does get on the boat, do his job, and come home.

Eric shares some of the love and grace that he was given with his new surrogate father - Robert Hanssen. Although the relationship is riddled with deceit, doesn't some get through? Robert appears broken at the end of the movie, afraid and asking for prayers. Let's pray for this spy gone bad. Perhaps he can start anew.

March Kayaking

Kayaking in Manhasset Bay. Brisk wind from the Southeast. Small sailboats frolicking. Just enough cold and wind to put a little danger into the workout.

Ipod playing Shuffle Songs. Thoreau, Rolling Stones, Bette Midler, others.

Water very clean and cold.

Thoreau heard the thundering Fitchburg Railroad, and lamented that, appearances aside, the earth had not yet met the race worthy of it.

But it still may.

Let us step to the music that we hear, however measured or far away.