See Them Next Year - Horseshoe Crabs - 2025

Last weekend I spotted the last horsecrab carapace on Ditch Plains beach. Earlier in the month I spoke with Mike the Marine officer who said that their breeding numbers had been decreasing year by year. I was lucky to see females without their numerous beaus under the Broad Channel Bridge on Howard Beach. A glorious evening wading through the algaed waters of the Jamaica Bay following a creature destined to survive mankind's upcoming collective self-extinction. I'm spending time every weekend working at jewelry store in Montauk at the end of NY 27. I sleep in a tent under the stars listening to the waves and waking to birdsong. Awaiting the horseshoe crabs of 2026.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 2025 - READ IT

Two-Hundred and Fifty years ago the The delegates to the Second Continental Congress represented the Thirteen Colonies, twelve of the colonies voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

Another ninety years passed before the African slaves were freed by a horrible civil war. The North versus the South.

Onward

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" opens the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence and is followed by "that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

The other mentions of a deity are "Laws of Nature, Nature's God, Creator," No in God we trust. Freedom of religion guaranteed as well as freedom from religion. Reading further to the sins of King George III there is an uncanny connection to 47. "He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation." Sadly 1775 is a mirror of 2025. Read it today. Stop looking at Cat Memes. Resist. Slow down in front of police cars. Obey the laws of the land. Spent cash. Deconsume. Change who you are or surrender or stand with the enemy. There are choices.

The Declaration of Independence.

All we have to do is change He to Trump.

Independence.

Now more than ever.

If you can't change the world, change yourself. If you can't change yourself, change the world - LONELY PLANET THE THE.

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The Timeliness of Horseshoe Crabs - All the Best Earth day

Fotos from beneath the Broad Channel Bridge June 2025

Now awaiting on Clinton Hill for the Summer homecoming of the Horeseshoe Crabs.

Rene Descartes author of The Age of Reason had argued that animals had no intelligence, because they had no sense of time. The rationalist lablled them 'automata'. or mndless creatures. To argue that accusation horseshoes crabs return to the same beach to lay eggs year after year according to the cosmic time of the moon and have for over 400 million years well before Man needed a clock to know the time.

New Year's Resolutions - 2026

Yesterday a young woman asked, if I had any resolutions for 2026. I was stumped by her query. I tried to think of something to better my life. More money. Yes, more money was a good idea. Only my job selling diamonds ended on Christmas Eve. My savings might last into the next month. If it was only me, I am good for the rest of my days, but I have two distant families. Two wives, five kids, two grandchildren in Thailand. Only two are earning enough to take care of themselves. So make more money is a good resolution. Not going to happen tonight, but tomorrow is another story. The future, The unknown territory to quote Star Trek the Next Generation. Live long and prosper. Chai yo.

Beautiful Tapestry - Nona Ortega - Planetary Alignment January 23, 2025

Hmm ...

I bought this fantastic tapestry
I wanted to cover the fingernail marks of Mom
In her dementia
Clawing at the wall and ripping out her teeth
And calling out for her mother___
I barely survived hanging this cosmic beauty
Sprinkled with celestial embroidery___
It darken the room
Maybe it made me feel weird
It's deep blue with concentric tiny mirrors and fantastic handiwork
Tonite only the tiny mirrors are in a line
Like the planets tonight___

Planetary Alignment January 25, 2025

Tonight's night sky will present a planetary parade of six major planets. The rare collection of seven planets in alignment will gather the solar system's celestial energy hopefully changing the current human miasma of despair.

The sun will be the unseen lynchpin for Mercury, Venus, the Earth Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, although light will illuminate the Moon. Just after sunset the planet will reveal themselves and Venus and Jupiter will be the brightest. The alignment of all nine planets are a mathematical impossibility even with the downgrade of Pluto as a planet. According to https://www.livescience.com/ last time the eight planets were grouped within 30 degrees was Jan. 1, 1665, and the next time will be March 20, 2673.

It's sunny in New York City. Last night I spotted the Evening Star in the sky. Tonight might be clear Comet C/2024 G3 will appear seventeen minutes after sunset, which will be at 5:12.

In the 1983 film Local Hero, Peter Riegert, playing an aspiring executive says from a classic red English phone box to his boss in Houston, "Sky, sir? It's amazing. I wish you could see it! I wish I could describe it to you like I'm seeing it!"

All I can say is put away from cellphone and keep your eyes on the sky.