A Note from “Hammer Toes”
Jay Brannon “Hammer Toes” is an amazing friend of mine and helper elf to the shop. He himself is about as darn funny of an individual as I have ever met. Here is an Eskimo song he forwarded to me which I find quite appropriate)
My small adventures
When with a shore wind I drifted out
In my kayak.
And though I was in danger
My fears,
Those small ones
That I thought so big
For all the vital things
I had to get and reach.
And yet there is only
One great thing.
To live and see my friends and on my journeys
The great day that dawns
And the light that fills the world.
An Eskimo song transalated by Knud Rasammussen in
“ Intellectual Culture of the Copper Eskimo” (paraphrased)
Just a thought:
I have learned what a generous, appreciative and literate person you are.
I read this and thought of you.
This touched me and I think it would be appreciated by all your friends you communicate with at OKC Kayak.
I also think kayakers might be more connected with nature and their feelings just as this Eakimo is.
Perhaps all won’t make sense to you but I thought you would like the poem.
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
Your friend Jay