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added element of danger to the creatures and plants of the sea: all our chemicals and

medicines eventually find their way into the oceans as well. These programs really

are preaching to the choir and it surely does shake the faith of the choir members as

to whether inevitable doom is on the planet or whether we should continue to work

and hope for improvement!

Sketch class took place in the Leda Lounge and we showed what we had done with

our assignment of sketching flowers or pinecones. Some of the members of the

group really have shone astonishing skills and improvement on skills they brought to

class. MJ is pleased with all the enthusiasm and work she sees going on around her.

Our homework for tomorrow is to draw something upside down and to use the

watercolor on the gray paper she gave us for at least two studies. This lady is a slave

driver for sure. We wish that class were every two days instead of every day. John

completed the slide show of his circumnavigation of Africa this year and the pictures

are intriguing. He is a good photographer and narrator as well. The trip took 2 ½

months which seems a bit too long for me. Also, some of the places they visited look

pretty poverty-stricken and sad. He told us that the most pirate activity in the world is

around the Horn of Africa and they had to pass that way just one day after a cargo

ship had been attacked. No problem for the cruise ship, however.

Roger used Kay’s excellent striped dolphin pictures at Recap tonight to discuss the

behaviors and distributions of some of these animals in the world’s oceans. All the

passengers were very impressed with Kay’s pictures and with the technology which

allowed us to view them in the Leda Lounge.

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