A Blue Moon? We Weren’t Blue At All and Neither Was The Moon!

You humans are so funny with your constant comparisons, weighings, judgements, and compartmentalizing!

And blue? It was lovely and golden!

Don’t you get tired of always thinking?

We Mers enjoy life far more than you seem to, and this Wintry day you have deemed your “New Year’s Eve” is no different to us than any other day, but for the fact that we deplore our noisy use of fireworks - we instead adore the stars and the heavenly sky. They are so marvelously beautiful on their own! No adornments, no other distractions needed.

We Mers eschew calenders, weights, measures, and other stupidities that only minimize your existence.

Is it your constant need to feel in control that drives your silly attempts at owning Nature?

No wonder you humans have such a need to dilute your days and nights with stimulants and alcohol!

What a waste!

Don’t you know that life is brief?

And so, so very precious?

And so, under the gorgeous full moon, we’ve stayed far from shore and your noise that frightens fish and ruins the sleep of all other animals including the humans who merely had wished to sleep through the cold night, and we’ve had a wonderful time, just living and loving under the very full moon.

Try being natural some time - you’ll love it!

Winter Solstice

It's now, today, December 21st, the last day of Autumn, and at midnight, it will become the first day of Winter.

The shortest day of the year, today, earlier, seemed like it to me, the daylight angling through the water straight down, then twisted around, then mirrored, then shooting out in sheets, as usual, but not quite enough of it, it felt.

Not enough light.

I prefer to haunt the Southern Hemisphere this time of year, to enjoy their opposite seasons, but I find myself here in the Northern one for awhile, yearning for the Sun.

Some things have occurred lately to remind me of the ever present, ongoingness of time, and of continuous change. I've lost someone dear to me. And in the losing, I've been immersed in memories of the past, of a past that, although Mers do not age nearly as much as do land beings, like humans, cannot be repeated.

We, too, are finite organisms.

Unlike humans, we Mers accept the way Nature made us, and do not, nor would we, have scientists whose aim is to find ways either to extend life or to disguise age.

Individuals are all so very unique - and so very irreplaceable, and unforgettable.

I find, as do so many souls in this time of year, when holidays loom and joviality mingles with regret and when we so richly mourn the ones who used to spend them with us, and now cannot, that this otherwise joyous time is rather melancholy.

So much more so now, though, since one I had loved has left this plane.

Spirituality extends throughout the animal kingdom - oh, yes, it is by no means only humans who are spiritual - all beings, great and small, have thoughts and feelings of God - and only the Presence can assuage such sadness.

Send some love to everyone around you, strangers included, since sorrow is perhaps more a sign of this season than is joy, for most...

Autunmal Hymns To Nature From The Mermaid

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August 21, 2009

Just, in the Northern realms of our planet, one more month of Summer.

I always get a little misty in late Summer, when I see the subtle signs of Winter's approach.

The last day of Summer, on September 21, is always a day that I personally celebrate by being as Summery as possible.

Speaking of the blues, do you remember when I'd said I was having relationship woes?

That Merman who was being too possessive? Too bestial?

Yes, I know that all Mermen, at least in your own human histories, have had the reputation for being fierce, tough on females, and so on, but really, as with your own specie, Mermen have to be considered individually.

Some are sensitive, tender, compassionate ( I mean, to females! All Mermen are saviours of all other wildlife, heroic, and so on...strong, protective), and when the protective thing in their genes gets out of proportion, well...

Anyway, I've been realy in limbo about it for a couple of years now!

He's such a wonderful guy...we have so much fun together...

I can't allow myself to be controlled, or afraid...even a little.

He says he's so in love with me that he'll kill himself if I leave him, and sometimes...he threatens to kill us both.

That's not normal.

I hope all of you human females will take care to get protected from your beaux if they, too, get too possessive, controlling, and scary.

I am taking time apart, now, to assess the situation.

He's getting help - professional help - Yes, Mers also have their needs for counseling, and spiritual advice. In this, we're similar - our two species.

Next time I'll be more "up" for you all.

Swim on!