The Eagle

Did you see him?
Did you see the Eagle?
This time, in the Woods?
Looking, up the trunk, to the high top
Of the tree,
Did you see him in his nest?

Yes! I saw him looking down at me.
He glanced and in a flash, leapt up,
And began the deep beat of wings.

Beating harder.
Beating deeper.
Beating farther.
Beating higher.

The Great Bird rose
And began again
The ebb and flow of rise and return
To hunt and to rest
Double runs between prey and nest
Day after day
Night after night
Birth after birth
Flight after flight
The Eagle, ever watches,
From the top of the world.

He sees the fox that ate the mouse that ate the orange that made the seed that became the tree that bore the fruit.
The fruit that glows
Bright shining as the Sun,
Sinking in the West
And rising, the Eagle,
Beating deep,
Ever watches,
Double running from prey to nest.

Did you see him?
Did you see the Eagle?
No.
But I can tell you,
He did see me.

Dedicated to H. E. Bert Schulz, my father-in-law
On the day of his final rest.
And in Hope for Carla.

My first post handwritten post. I’m sorry it’s so sloppy. Yes, the lost of of handwriting is obviously lost to me.

Make sure you open it fullscreen since 1) you can’t read it otherwise and 2) the first page is blank for some reason. I’m working out the kinks, I guess. There is some ambient audio too. Playback is spotty and loooong, so jump ahead.

Made with another piece of geekery, the Livescribe pen.

This time it’s in Boston, MA. It’s the Lumen Eclipse 60. Cool looking jury.

LE 60 Poster Image

Wild and Free: a Screech Owl Named Pinkey is a film I shot, edited and coordinated all post-production. It was produced and directed by Little Pearls.

You can also see it at Green.tv

I once met a woman from Alaska who hunted bears…with a bow and arrow…and she’s deaf. This a a Alaskan hunter who deserves my respect.

Sarah Palin, on the other hand, has dedicated hundreds of thousands of Alaskan dollars to promote hunting from planes.

Unless these wolves (and bears) are eating kindergartners, this shooting from planes seems pretty sick.

FactCheck.org does a decent job exploring some details on this issue. After that was published, Defenders of Wildlife wrote them a letter which does an excellent job of further explaining the issue. You can find that letter on the FactCheck page or get it directly at this link.