week 10, post 4
Ritagail's questions deserve response:
I don't know how the beach was right after the hurricanes. I'll ask some locals. Right now the beach has lots of "small litter," but it is clear that it is raked/groomed regularly by a tractor. So it is now a very pleasant place to be. Most of the litter is farther inland -- human stuff (house materials, etc) and organic litter -- millions and millions of cubic yards of marsh grasses, plus tree limbs. The hurricanes did about 15 years of costal erosion -- each -- in a couple of days, as the marshes were denuded of the protective and nurturing grasses. There is nothing out in the gulf for the winds and flood waters to pick up -- that is all farther inland.
The magnificent fish is a redfish -- a real fighter. They are also wonderful table fare, fried or blackened, though most would prefer smaller ones to cook -- from 15 to 25 inches or so. This big one is old and most likely tough -- as would be an old cow or bull or an old laying hen....
posted by warren @ 5:07 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Warren,
I'll respond to both of your posts here. Thanks for answering my questions.
Raking the beach, eh? Not so easy to clean up lives, is it?
How long does it take the grasses to grow?
I wondered if a bigger fish would be tougher, but was afraid that might be a Really Dumb Landlocked Okie question!
Did you know that Pelicans are a symbol of Jesus? The legend is that they feed their nestllings by pricking their breasts for them....early Christians (and don't fuss at me over the theology of it, just enjoy the story) saw this as a symbol of Jesus and Eucharist. Make friends with them pelicans.
Ok, Seriously, About Losing Hope: There's a lot of that going around, not just in the Gulf Coast region.
Today, while I was sitting alone on the river bank, noting the parched soil we have here in Oklahoma, and my own parched soul, I sang "Be Thou My Vision". One of my favorite lines from that hymn is: "Heart of mine own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all."
When hope is lost, when faith is submerged, when love seems to be buried, a transcendent God is the only thing left, even if/when that God seems nonexistent.
Habakkuk 3:17-19 says it better (NASB):
17Though the fig tree should not blossom
And there be no fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive should fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock should be cut off from the fold
And there be no cattle in the stalls,
18Yet I will exult in the LORD,
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.
19The Lord GOD is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds' feet,
And makes me walk on my high places.
Well, I don't know about the walking on high places part, haven't come to that yet.
Hm, perhaps Jesus said it even better, after wailing about God forsaking Him: "It is finished." (John 19:30)
Resurrection came later.
(Sigh....thinking too much again....oh....great job on the pics!)
Hugz,
Ritagail
(scripture reference from my favorite online source: www.biblegateway.com)
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