Just
got word today the motor is ready to be picked up. Early ! Woohoo! We will go down tomorrow and
get it. The compartment is ready for it.
On a different note, I picked up a book in Tobermory called An Interview with Paul Watson. It
is without a doubt, the scariest book I have ever read. Everyone who is a
boater of any sort; or who likes to swim; or eat fish; or who likes to breathe
should read this book. The man started Greenpeace and when Greenpeace went big
business and started helping poachers and whale hunters, he quit and formed the
Sea Shepherd.
Our
oceans and waterways are dying and if we don’t stop the pollution and the
indiscriminate slaughter of ocean life, the planet will die... and that means
us. It may not be in my lifetime or yours but your children and their children
will suffer.
As
I write this, I realize that I am sitting here in the middle of the Salmon
Derby where hundreds of fisherman come every year to kill fish for the
opportunity to win a new boat or a whole pile of fishing stuff to replace the
stuff that they already have. Thousands of plastic beer cups and bottles and
cans are being generated.
The irony is not lost on me and there isn’t
much that I can do about it. However, I have resolved once more to try to make
sure that whatever I have to buy comes in glass or metal...a true biodegradable
container, and I will attempt to purchase clothes made only of pure cotton or
linen, wool or silk. And how many clothes do we really need??
So, please read the book, and if you can’t
handle reality, try The Neverending
Quest. by Susan Corey, a marine biologist who has researched the fields
of chemical warfare, ocean degradation and other science topics rolled into one
compelling mystery that also will scare
the daylights out of you!
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