Underwater scene from a 2019 day experiencing new things in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Poetry by Roger Darnell
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Underwater scene from a 2019 day experiencing new things in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Each episode of Rare Air encapsulates some moment where I was completely immersed in recording another of Mother Nature’s sacred revelations. Sublime visions such as these – and others exponentially more spectacular – play out constantly on this extraordinary planet of ours. Leaning in offers me yet another opportunity to appreciate the past, and hope for what might come in the future if all goes well.
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Life keeps pressing us forward, while this expanding chronicle keeps drawing me back into vacation days of the past. Each time we return from vacation and reconform to our standard mode of living, we become hyper-aware of the differences. Too bad we all can’t hang around in paradise, eat all our meals in colorful restaurants, and let the good times roll, each and every day.
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The project has become an essential component of the demonstration of this belief: As an artist, I have something to say.
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In a 1986 poem entitled “Now Now,” I set down a catchy line about creating something in a second that holds the future of my past. Perhaps Mr. FitzGerald, whose esteemed friends included Alfred Lord Tennyson, might have fancied that.
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I sincerely look forward to hearing from you any time.
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About eight months before the world turned upside down in 2020, Beth and I experienced our third trip to our number one favorite travel destination, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Playing out July 1st through the 8th, 2019, my journal mentions it including one of the very best days of my life.
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It is wonderful to report that today is an excellent day for us. We’re together in Cherry Grove, a run of built-out South Carolina coastline where we have gathered for the past several years – minus 2020, when we had to stay home. For our youngsters and the rest of us, it’s been great to ease back onto memory lane at the beach, especially with warmer temperatures enticing us outdoors. This year’s locale has us further north, and in our beach walks, the nature sanctuary of Cherry Grove Point beckons.