Win Our Whale Tail Pendant
19 Mar 2014
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A Whale of a Tale Winner
Congratulations to Elizabeth Goggins, with this winning entry:
"For my 41st birthday I talked a friend of mine into joining me in Baha, Mexico to go whale watching. He came from Washington, DC and I, the US Virgin Islands. We had heated discussions the whole way there because many wanted to turn Leguna San Ignacio, the last place on earth grey whale could give birth in peace, into a salt factory. On my birthday I was petting a grey whale and they and their babies were all around us. On the second day as he, a trained opera singer, sang our little fishing boat was surrounded by a mother and calf playing, a school of dolphin and numerous birds flying overhead. Magical, mystical day and he gave up supporting the factory."
128 Comments
When my kids were little we always adopted a mother and baby every year. I hung their pic of the mother’s flukes on the wall and we followed their stories for years. It was an excellent way to talk about sentient beings, good mothering, whale midwives and breastfeeding ocean style. The fact they aren’t human did not make them any less of mothers or caring parents.
I grew up on an Island in the san jauns in washington state and got to see whales once in awhile and they really are majestic creatures.
When I lived in Hawaii I could see the whales from the volcano. The shear beauty and grace of the whale is absolutely breath taking.
I grew up on an Island in the San Juans in Washington State and got to see Whales now and then and they really are majestic creatures
The Whales are our Record Keepers~Known as ‘Wehengakauki’ by the Maori people~
And, although I’ve never experienced a live whale up close, I have seen a few through binoculars, spouting as they migrated along the Oregon Coast.
I am grateful Whale is a Totem of mine ;)
So, I would wear the pendant proudly!
taiki e! (let it be done!)
Thank you for this opportunity