We went into NYC for a show last night; Joan, my daughter who lives in Massachusetts, and me. We'd ordered the tickets some time ago and, in the context of last week, felt even more strongly that we wanted to get together -- so we went. Time and again our conversations rambled, as have all conversations this week, back to the events of Tuesday and our reactions to them. The disbelief and the simultaneous acceptance of the reality. The sense that everything has changed, the resolve that something -- but what? -- must be done and that the old rules of engagement are obsolete. The fragility of our well-being and the goodness of our love for each other. Later, we gravitated toward lower Manhattan. A few blocks north of Canal Street we could see the glow of the worklights, illuminating the dust or smoke. It was an eerie feeling, something like approaching Chernobyl in my imagination. We parked and walked out to West Street. On the west side were the lines of TV vans, white and clean and orderly. Drawn by the light from the south, we crossed for a better view, to feel closer. We passed TV crews, and were careful not to disturb a reporter on camera just five feet away. No one noticed us. We passed mounds of supplies -- bottles, food, not sure what else -- for the volunteers. There were lots of people about, and all were well organized and busy. No one noticed us. On the east side of the street were groups of people, almost all in their 20s, with candles and signs and flags. It was 11:30 PM. As cars and trucks went northward with their loads of volunteers, firefighters, police and EMTs, they were cheered by the folks on the sidelines. We walked south a few blocks and joined another crowd of people. More candles, more cheering and applauding in a heartfelt, quiet way. Strangely, the feeling so close to that brooding, unnatural glow, was warm, loving, full of life. We three hugged, suffused with that love. More than ever I feel that the essence of life is love. Disrupt the crust of our routine lives and reveal the caring love just beneath! We are like the tiny, so fragile and yet so magnificently powerful shoots of plants that emerge from the lava just days after the volcano erupts. We cannot be kept down because our substance is love. Even our retribution -- may it be effective and comprehensive -- will be about loving. What a pity that there are people whose humanity is so undermined that they are consumed with hate. In their loss, they inflict loss on others. We will defeat this evil so that we may love in peace. Bob Volin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Took a tidal rip private lesson from Ocean River Sports in Victoria in a rented Solstice GTS. The rip was moderate with perhaps 3 knots and 2 to 3 foot waves on an otherwise calm day. But it was big enough to do some nice surfing runs up current. I tried with and without the rudder; up, down and across the current rip. Bottom line: No big deal either way. Perfectly easy to manage with or without the rudder. Perhaps a bigger rip would be different. Jerry *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
See "Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation", Burch, Pacific Search Press 1987, Page 172-175. Jerry > can > you give me a resource for learning about what rips are, what causes them, > etc?? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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