June 5, 2022 Volume 14 Number 17
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In The Time That You Gave Me
PLEASE LEAVE THEM OUT OF IT
Hi again, from the shores of the Salish Sea. I don’t know how many of you caught this headline Ukrainian Dog Tasked With Sniffing Out Russian Mines Hailed A ‘Hero’ I obviously did and I can certainly understand the appeal of such news. But it bothered me. It bothered me a lot.
Ironically, there was a time when I loved reading about animal heroes and I’m still a patty-melt softie when it comes to films starring them. My all time favorite in this category is Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey which starred the voices of Don Ameche, Sally Fields and Michael J. Fox.
I am also fully aware of the sacrifices made by the canine corps of all armies and remembered that an injured carrier pigeon named Cher Ami rescued the Lost Battalion during the First World War.
I am acutely aware of life in the woods and the panoply of birth, death and the span in-between. I am neither mystified nor intimidated by it. My grandfather, a Trinity Alps rancher, told me that sometimes the heart is the best listener.
I grew up around people who communicated with all creatures great and small. I spoke to my first cougar at age 8.
I don’t want them involved in human enterprises which make them heroes. They were created to live lives of their own.
I want us to do that and leave them be.
Rusty
Merritt Scott (Rusty) Miller is a Northern California–born author, photojournalist and editor now living in Seattle, Washington. For comments, please go here
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN
Olya Bereza
Hi Rusty:
This weekend it’s all about Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. She is celebrating 70 amazing years on the throne, making her the longest reigning British monarch in history. Seeing how devoted and wise Her Royal Highness has been to her nation, it is even more impressive to me how wonderful an inspiration she has been to all women. (I must confess I watched the Royal Parade from home with a glass of white wine to cheer.)
You, Mishka, know my love of history so it was a pleasure for the eyes to see such a historical event and the traditional salute of the cuirassiers and soldiers to their Queen.
Also it was very interesting watching how Elizabeth changed through times in new BBC documentary of unseen footage from the Queen’s archive. That made me relate even more as it included letters to her grandmother. She shared her feelings when being in evacuation during World War II or admiring cumulative effect of all good deeds of British people leading to victory. That just made me realize how much in common we all human beings have no matter royal or ordinary.
Sometimes it makes me think how lucky it is to spend the time on this planet with such interesting people. It is all we have, quite short period of time, compared to the eternity of Universe? So we need to cherish it and I’m glad we sharing this epoch with you.
Also I was very pleased to find out that my Harmony on her Way to Rescue Green Planet little story in Ukrainian language was acquired in a few libraries over the world including, in Great Britain, the Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Libraries. The main protagonist Queen Harmony living in GreenLand inspired by ever green fields of England.
Long Live the Queen.
Olya
Olya Bereza was born in the former Soviet Union and now lives in Ukraine. Fluent in Russian, Ukrainian, and English, she is a degreed psychologist with a background in international marketing and personnel management. She travels Europe in conjunction with a family intelligence technology business and is proactively involved in protecting the forests of the Carpathian
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