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Conjured Memories
The ocean outweighs the land
yet earth offers heavier substance
water no matter how vast
no matter how deep
like your love
evades my grip
So tread I must upon murky shores
my feet entwined among seagrass
a messy but solid way
surefooted, I am not, but each fall ends
The descent from you does not
I go nowhere
yet in stillness, plummet faster
Feet are earthbound
but a mind may reach beyond
aided by senses
that need no touch
I watch for you …
upon the wave-crests
or emerging from deep currents
you ignore the pull of the moon
shirk-off the insistence of the tides
I listen for you …
only an indecipherable message is delivered
upon the fickle breath
of a mercurial
absent-minded zephyr
I smell you in the sea-breeze
only a memory of what you no longer are
Taste …
remembrance preserved
in the dried remnants of a prickly brine
If only my mind could throw off time
my body supersede its senses
then I might once again swim in your depths
with smooth and sure strokes
conjure what I struggle to remember
Market Friday
Once a month the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC hosts a pay-what-you-can evening. These evenings often feature a science lecture or a nature art exhibit.
This month's offering featured the book launch for Linda PJ Lipson's, Pressed Plants, Making a Herbarium, and free food, which is always a pleasant surprise.
I have shown photos from Beaty a time or two for #marketfriday, hosted by the beautiful, wise, and kind @dswigle but not today. For today's blog, we travelled across Main Mall and behind the Oceans and Earth Sciences Main Building to the Pacific Museum of Earth.
Yep, they do have dinosaurs. The exhibit is small but free. It closes at 5pm; so get there early. Combined with the pay-what-you-can evening at Beaty, it is a great outing for homeschoolers and science enthusiasts.
In addition to dinosaur bones, they have an excellent rock and mineral collection and geology learning aids. We have been going for years, and as your child's understanding of science increases, so does the value of both museums.
Perhaps, a few titters will also be offered up.
And stone roses.
The hi-light for minime is the the gem and space room. For me too. They have an amazing collection of precious jewels and you can take a virtual trip through space and time ... way back. Can anyone say cosmic microwave?
You can't claim I never take you anywhere, Hivelanders. Here is hoping everyone has a terrific weekend:)
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What's a wonderful poetry about life and sea life.
You always take us somewhere special, but, I have to admit, our field trips to the Science Museum or the Planetarium are the best. Wait! I love the jewels too. I know, I am spoiled, but, what girl doesn't love a few sparklies?
The first photos with words that embrace my soul. It is a gift, to be sure. The entire post is exploding with wonder. The dinosaurs right up to space.
Le sigh.
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The planetarium is a wonderful escape; I find it a spiritual.