tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post2581433240375506734..comments2023-12-22T10:17:24.280-05:00Comments on Bookpuddle: Splash du Jour: ThursdayCiprianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-58764705216481548172007-08-17T08:53:00.000-04:002007-08-17T08:53:00.000-04:00Powerful quote from a catholic on the realism of e...Powerful quote from a catholic on the realism of evolution!<BR/><BR/>I love the sea! I miss it so much! It has a mentally calming effect like no other.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the quoteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-44848034341926960312007-08-17T00:48:00.000-04:002007-08-17T00:48:00.000-04:00Before living where I do, in oceanless Ontario, I ...Before living where I do, in oceanless Ontario, I lived on Vancouver Island. <BR/>OCEAN.<BR/>I miss it... I cannot kid myself on this.<BR/>I used to go to this one place and sit on some gigantic prehistoric driftwood and read my book and watch the ferries roll in to Departure Bay... memories!<BR/>There is nothing like an ocean!Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-82065332041032113772007-08-16T15:16:00.000-04:002007-08-16T15:16:00.000-04:00“. . .for whatever we lose (like a you or a me) / ...“. . .for whatever we lose (like a you or a me) / it's always ourselves we find in the sea. . .”<BR/> - e. e. cummingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-8069486810822586052007-08-16T14:03:00.000-04:002007-08-16T14:03:00.000-04:00That I grew up by the ocean (in Hong Kong, city su...That I grew up by the ocean (in Hong Kong, city surrounded by bodies of waters) makes me have an ineffable tie to it. Even the scenes from wreckage the tsunami caused back in 2004 doesn't make me flinch at the ocean. The sight of ocean often gives me a sense of comfort and solace. A stroll to the seaside is often good therapy to a wounded soul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-91567728759381608832007-08-16T13:05:00.000-04:002007-08-16T13:05:00.000-04:00I am absolutely drawn to the ocean. I need to alwa...I am absolutely drawn to the ocean. I need to always be in it, on it, or near it. It's always so strange to me that not everyone feels this way. It could be because I've always had access to the sea, or because, as a Scorpio, I am a water sign, but nothing smells as good as the ocean, and nothing is as relaxing as watching or feeling the movement of the sea.JoanneMarie Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751278640738482830noreply@blogger.com