Pre-paddle warm up at Yosemite Lake, Merced CA (07/02/2022) As my cousin and a couple of their kids had never tried standup paddle before, we decided to have a practice run at the local Yosemite Lake next to the UC Merced campus. The lake is a 10-minute drive from their house, and is a popular…
003. The Gift
003. The Gift (El Aguinaldo) These were some very, very poor children who, on the eve of Epiphany, were walking through a mountain, and as it was winter, night soon fell upon them, but the poor children kept on walking. Then they met a lady who said to them: Where are you going so late…
Dà qì wǎn chéng (大器晚成 – 大器晚成)
大器晚成 (Dà qì wǎn chéng) (1) lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly (2) in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state (3) Rome wasn’t built in a day From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=156 The phrase “Great Talent Matures…
002. The Bogeyman
002. The Bogeyman (El Hombre Del Saco) There was a married couple who had three daughters, and as all three were well-behaved and hardworking, they gave each of them a gold ring to wear as a garment [ornament]. And one fine day, the three sisters got together with their friends and, thinking about what to…
Dà nì bù dào (大逆不道 – 大逆不道)
大逆不道 (Dà nì bù dào) – Disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) Source: “The Records of The Grand Historian – The Annals of Gaozu“: Today Xiang Yu killed Emperor Yi at Jiangnan; a most contemptible (disgraceful) act. Explanation: “逆” (pinyin: nì) means to rebel,…
001. The Mass For The Souls
001. The Mass For The Souls (La Misa De Las Ánimas) There were a father and a mother, and they were both very poor and had three small children. But it happened that, besides being very poor, the father had to stop working one day because he got sick, and only the mother was left…
SUP – 2022/06/25 – Hearts Desire, Tomales Bay CA
Saturday June 25, 2022. Forecast: High tide of 3.94 ft at 11:41am, low tide of 2.46 ft at 4:36pm. Total paddling distance: 6+ miles in relatively calm waters, with some stretches of stronger wind. I found a SUP group on Facebook =D They organize paddles fairly regularly, around once every two weeks or so, and…
Dà gōng wú sī (大公無私 – 大公无私)
大公無私 (Dà gōng wú sī) – Being Impartial Without [Any] Prejudice Please refer to the following link for an extensive discussion of this story: http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp255_zuozhuan_qi_xi.pdf In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ping of Jin once asked Qi Huangyang (祁黃羊): “Nanyang (南陽) County lacks a county magistrate, who do you think would be the most…
117. The Girl Without Arms
117. The Girl Without Arms (La Niña Sin Brazos) A widower had a beautiful daughter who was very generous. She had many other virtues, but this was the one that stood out the most: [her] compassion for those in needs. Many beggars and poor folks had the habit of approaching the door to her house…
SUP – 2022/06/18 – Circumnavigating Brooks Island, Richmond CA
Saturday June 18, 2022. High tide at 2:52AM, 6.4 ft; low tide at 10:01AM, -1.3 ft; sunrise at 5:45AM; sunset at 8:36pm. Forecast wind: NNW at 2.6 knot, with high wind speed of 10.4 knot at 2:45pm. Total paddling distance: 6+ miles in relatively calm waters. I arrived at the Barbara and Jay Vincent Park…