It was a day where I forgot about the pandemic and I forgot about work, but I remembered how to talk to people again…. and listen, smile, and catch up with so many. Saturday was a day where I saw people I haven’t seen in over two years, some in almost 20 years. Old friends, new friends, deejay friends, former coworkers, new coworkers, townies, and musicians. Vaccines and science are amazing and let us live life — if you haven’t yet, please get vaccinated and let’s squash this virus once and for all because as amazing as it was to see everyone, it would have been even better to handshake, high five, hug, or kiss. Next time?
Cormorants have been featured in heraldry & medieval ornamentation, usually in their wing-drying pose, which was seen as representing the Christian cross, also symbolizing nobility and sacrifice. For Milton in Paradise Lost, the cormorant symbolized greed. When perched atop the Tree of Life, Satan took the form of a cormorant spying on Adam and Eve. In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus is saved by a compassionate sea nymph who takes the form of a cormorant.
