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“The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?”
Oscar
Wilde
“I
know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”
George
W. Bush
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Humans.
Fish.
Exoplanets.
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My
dad did a lot of fishing.
A
whole heck of a lot of fishing.
Some
trout stayed in dark holes inside the deeper parts of the river, but
they didn't escape his piscatorial acumen.
I
was the netter, but I mostly spent my time climbing on the
cactus-laden mountains.
There
were very few other humans where dad fished (and I explored) because
of a pulley that we rode to get across the river when it was too deep
to walk across.
Dad
had his fish and I had Nature.
All
to ourselves.
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I
didn't pay much attention to the heavens back then.
Pine
trees, mountains, and the river had much more relevance than the
stars and planets above.
Space
travel and outer space were not in the picture.
It
was here on earth that mattered most.
We
weren't concerned about our carbon footprints, just our feet.
The
word terrorism never crossed our lips.
Hands
held fishing poles instead of iPhones and iPads.
IT'S ABOUT RENEWABLE RESOURCES!
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