I dunno CD. I'm not sure that i put much stock in what the environmentalists, the politicians, and the scientists have to say.
I think i trust my own personal observations a whole lot more. I trust the stories handed down to me from my own grandfather about how life used to be here on this little island off the coast of Maine 140 years ago. I trust the stories about what life was like for my father growing up here during the Great Depression of the 1930's. I carry their living memories.
I'll tell ya man ... there have been an awful lot of changes between then and now. It's heartbreaking when i think about it because so much has been lost. Most people don't have any idea just how badly our natural resources have been depleted. We're one of the last remaining REAL fishing communities on the coast of Maine. All the rest have become parodies of their former selves that do the shuck & jive for the summer tourist trade.
I was talking with one of the local fishermen awhile back and he said: " Now I know what Custer's last stand must have been like."
What an ignominious end to our proud heritage, our culture, and our work ethic.
We have always worked hard. We worked hard to bring in massive hauls from the sea because there was always a market waiting to buy what we caught when we got back to the dock. There were all these hungry mouths out there in the world to be fed.
Our natural resources are all but played out ... but ... now there are more human mouths than ever to feed. They're breeding at an exponential rate.
The scientists that monitor our offshore waters tell us the the Gulf of Maine is warming faster than any other body of water in the world. The few remaining species of seafood that we do fish are gradually migrating North up into the cooler waters of Canada.
It's not looking so good for our small community at the end of the world. There are a lot of changes in the works.
Perhaps you were so wrapped up with " livin' the dream " that you didn't notice the changes going on all around you as well ????
Maybe you stuck your head in the sand and pretended that it wasn't happening ????
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