This is where I'll start—at this small city pond, called Jizo, near our house in Oke- hazama, Japan. It was at Jizo Pond that, one day, I happened to meet the egret that was forever stuck there with a broken wing. And ... there, not at the pond but in the heart of that brave bird, is my starting point—my Paumanok. I will now, at last, join the all-but-impossible cause.
To thee old cause!
Thou peerless, passionate, good cause,
Thou stern, remorseless, sweet idea,
Deathless throughout the ages, races, lands. (Walt Whitman)
I know that there are others out there who, like me, have dilly dallied too long. All I can say is, "I think it's time that more of us get really, really serious about the environment."
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