low cloud lingers
lingering rainy season
though not for much longer now
though not for much longer now
recent early morning paddle boarding
hazy low cloud
dolphins jumping
turtles in abundance
mating season for many
FLOATER BOY DOESN'T OFTEN MISS A SURF
Huge hike to Ishiura.
Called for Floater Boy on the way.
His van wasn't there outside his house.
So went alone.
On the way realized I'd forgot my surfboard.
Went back for it.
Climbed the mountain road.
The sun shining bright.
The swell chart I'd seen showed swell.
The view from the mountain top confirmed swell.
The wind was onshore, though not a problem.
Meditative hike down.
Mr Mustard at the bottom,
and Indonesian island living chap,
and Ken old school super student.
All working in paradise on beautiful Hatsune beach.
Though what a walk everyday. Up and down.
8mm images recorded all the way.
Beautiful day.
Beautiful movie to be.
Hiked up from Hatsune,
towards Ishiura.
Lost the path,
super steep and slippery with one hand
(the other carrying surf board and gyosan sandals).
The view from the top a delight.
Though had to stay cool as to get back down.
After numerous good decisions, and patience
Reconnected to the path.
And down to the stream in the hidden valley.
And on to surf.
Waves sweet.
Sweet waves.
And Floater Boy arrives,
naturally.
A whale jumps.
So far far away this place in the whole universe.
Surf all day.
The walk back so tiring.
The days following purely exhausting.
some quotes as Ogasawara moves nearer to World Heritage status
Ogasawara-mura Mayor Kazuo Morishita said he received news of the World Heritage recommendation at home and then came to the village office Saturday morning. "I couldn't sleep well until I was informed of it. I'm proud that the rich natural environment, which is an asset of Ogasawra, has been recognized at the world level," the mayor said.
According to the Environment Ministry, the Ogasawara Islands were highly evaluated as the number of indigenous species is high despite the area being small. However, the risk of invasive foreign species being introduced may increase if the number of tourists rises following the heritage registration.
Takaya Yasui, the director of a nonprofit organization studying wild species on the islands, said, "Measures should be taken to make sure an increase in the number of tourists won't have a harmful impact on indigenous species."
The village office has projected that the number of visitors to the islands would increase by more than 5,000 from the current 21,000 per year.
Mayumi Hanazato, head of the Ogasawaramura Tourist Association's secretariat, said, "We don't want this to be a mere transient boom but would rather take the opportunity to make the islands flourish sustainably as an ecotourism destination."
According to the Environment Ministry, the Ogasawara Islands were highly evaluated as the number of indigenous species is high despite the area being small. However, the risk of invasive foreign species being introduced may increase if the number of tourists rises following the heritage registration.
Takaya Yasui, the director of a nonprofit organization studying wild species on the islands, said, "Measures should be taken to make sure an increase in the number of tourists won't have a harmful impact on indigenous species."
The village office has projected that the number of visitors to the islands would increase by more than 5,000 from the current 21,000 per year.
Mayumi Hanazato, head of the Ogasawaramura Tourist Association's secretariat, said, "We don't want this to be a mere transient boom but would rather take the opportunity to make the islands flourish sustainably as an ecotourism destination."
letter to a friend
...wonder what you're doing now your job it's finished? - Tried to call a week or so ago - only got the answer machine - - - - I sit here now, in this so very small wooden house - in this so very still woodland - S... up on the loft reading whilst the stars above they twinkle as brightly as perhaps they twinkle anywhere in this whole world. Moved into this place a couple of days ago and when I stepped out onto the small wooden balcony and was absorbed into the sweet meditation of the trees I remembered all those years ago with Ringstead wanderings and words a wibbling and the whole future up to now yet to happen, laid out waiting, a road to be walked, a river to be ridden. Peace and joy to you my friends. Here's a quote from Kerouac, his Dharma Bums tale, eternally etched in ink on paper and dots on screens
See the whole thing is a world full of rucksack wanderers, Dharma Bums refusing to subscribe to the general demand that they consume production and therefore have to work for the privilege of consuming, all that crap they didn't really want anyway such as refrigerators, TV sets, cars, and general junk you finally always see a week later in the garbage anyway, all of them imprisoned in a system of work, produce, consume, work, produce, consume, I see a vision of a great rucksack revolution thousands or even millions of young Americans wandering around with rucksacks, going up to mountains to pray, making children laugh and old men glad, making young girls happy and old girls happier, all of 'em Zen Lunatics who go about writing poems that happen to appear in their heads for no reason and also by being kind and also by strange unexpected acts keep giving visions of eternal freedom to everybody and to all living creatures.
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