Because We Long to be Birds

When did you last fly a kite?  I highly reccomend it for everyone - of all ages!

We brought down a couple with us to Pensacola because we knew the beach is usually perfect wind for flying and there's no telephone wires around to worry about. And, lucky that we did as we've spent several wonderful afternoon on the beach flying our butterflies and birds. There is truly nothing quite as freeing as kite flying. Leonard Cohan says it well in his book, Spice Box of Earth....

“A kite is a victim you are sure of.

You love it because it pulls

gentle enough to call you master,

strong enough to call you fool;

because it lives

like a desperate trained falcon

in the high sweet air,

and you can always haul it down

to tame it in your drawer.

A kite is a fish you have already caught

in a pool where no fish come,

so you play him carefully and long,

and hope he won't give up,

or the wind die down.

A kite is the last poem you've written

so you give it to the wind,

but you don't let it go

until someone finds you

something else to do.” 

― Leonard Cohen, The Spice Box of Earth

And so, we will continue to fly kites every chance possibly. In fact, just today Norm placed an order for a HUGE one. It should be here by Friday!

Because We long to Be Birds,

Norm & Nancy