Newspaper Man’s Poem

Currently living within the city borders of Corvallis, Oregon, every morning at 3:30 a.m., I roll from my sleeping bag, unzip my tent, and bike ride my way to pick up my newspapers. On December 19, 2011, I had just been hired to deliver newspapers.

One particular morning while delivering to a home, I noticed, where I usually set their paper, an envelope. Outside the envelope read "Newspaper Man, Thank You." Picking up the envelope, I waited till I completed the route to look at its contents.

Inside the envelope were ten dollars and a letter. Since I liked seeing the money, I very much enjoyed the included letter, so much, I thought to write this blog. I thought the letter was a nice poem.

Below is the letter:

To the one who serves us
Every day and yet we never see him
To the one who rises while we are still sleeping
To the one who braves nasty weather to visit our home
To the one who experiences rain and yet keep our paper dry
To the one who remains the faithful servant we never met
To this one we say Thank You and wish you a wonderful New Year.

They signed the poem at the bottom.

I very much enjoyed the poem; making the morning's early risings worth more than just being a servant and throwing papers. It enticed delightful thought toward what could be thought of as daily drudgery.

Flight of Confidence

Young fledgling looking past
Through eyes of marvel, stillness of
Mind growing blue sky, construing
Confidence wobbles, delicately bracing
Expansion pending, spreading out
Fluttering with confidence, taken to
Flight, a flight of confidence

Educating the Wildness out of the Wild

Wolves Killing Livestock - Wolf Predation

Ranchers flaunt, fatten, and harvest, livestock on vast grazing lands. And these other creatures - wolves, these wild meat eating creatures - wolves, should know that this isn’t for them to eat. Livestock is off limits to them! Dangerous wild creatures should know that eating livestock and killing is off limits.

However, the wild creatures were never properly educated. We humans have only killed, but have we really tried to reach out and educate that rodents and some deer are only what wolves are allowed to eat, and livestock is off limits? Institutionalized education has helped many others learn about what their purpose is, and maybe with a proper education, wild creatures will learn what they can and can’t eat.

Educating these dangerous creatures would be a great start toward stopping all  killing.

Educating the wild out of the wilderness