Men in Black (Wetsuits!)

Thinking about being underwater...I watched the new trailer for 2012 and it scared me. Really. I think it's because I have a fear of drowning. Too many sisters dunked me in the hotel pool, I guess. But that leads me to my latest heroes, the Karst Underwater Reasearch Group, or KUR. They are the people that explore the caves under Weeki and and elsewhere around the world. They are a non-profit, a far cry from the resources of NASA, and their investigations into the unknown are amazing and important. Here is a pic of Brett Hemphill and Paul Heinerth. They are the intrepid duo that go way down under the Spring and explore the rough silent regions that makeup of our water source . Their gear is complicated and bulky in those tight, sharp spaces, yet they push through and stay at great depths for hours and hours. Brett, Paul, Becky Kagan (from Liquid Productions), Walt Pickel---they are so knowledgeable about diving --they make me want to get scuba qualified . Brett spoke at length about the cutaway view of the spring, as I pumped him for info for the new art project I have been working on. Paul has actually been diving inside, yes that's INSIDE an iceberg. The water was beautifully clear from the recent cleanup. Got me a new snorkle and fins...

I wrote to DC comics and asked for some issues relating to child safety for the campers at the Children's Advocacy Center. It is so easy to ask for stuff on behalf of other people! I learned to read by studying Superman and Lois and Katy Keene. To this day, the word "origin" makes me smile when I see it. I thought it meant organ, like someone misspelled it . There was an annual Superman issue with past stories in it called "Superman's Origins" or something like that . I was so concerned about his organs after that! But that eventually led to learning about dictionaries and encyclopedias. Life, with the help of reading comic books, was good!

Okay. Gotta say it . Five puppies cloned from a German Shepherd named Trakr. Couldn't spell the name right, yet they manage to copy him FIVE times! Still, they are beautiful... Long healty lives, I say. If you wanna see, google Trakr clone puppies!