Sunday, July 4, 2021

"Second to the right, & straight on till morning"

"Second to the right, and straight on till morning" is how Peter Pan describes the location of Neverland to Wendy. To that, I might add: Sleep a spell, then on and on through the day and all through the night and Neverland will be reached "at the time of sunrise."

Those directions are adequate for me to tell you how to find this place, as well, allowing you brief intervals to stop for food and gasoline. Drive a like-distance westward from there and you will be able to watch sunrises and sunsets over what once was known as the Sea of Magellan.

To turn right is to proceed north where Canada awaits. Left is south with Mexico in the near-distance and the meeting of two oceans at Cape Horn far, far away. To make a U-turn is to backtrack to your point of origin.

Decisions/decisions/decisions .... decisions will have to wait because today is Independence Day 2021 and a time for thought and reflection ....

In Congress, July 4, 1776

"The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."



5 comments:

Anita said...

Neat post Fram!
I like the picture very much!
Seems like a place in Alaska!

Beautiful Sea of Magellan.

Oh there are soo many great places to visit.

I should like to go there in an cabin cruiser ,wow that would be something :))
I like both the videos but the last one is one to think about!

About the pledge allegiance
"To the flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic for which it stands:
one Nation under God,
indivisible,
With Liberty and Justice for all". I agree in the words if they could be true.. But not with that Nazi Salud..Why had they do such a thing?

But it seems to me,today is a hard world referring too liberty and justice..Many are afraid to tell the truth .Specially researchers.The reasons for the reluctance are complexity, "tabloidization" and fear of provocation are the main reasons why some people do not convey facts.So a free America?I do not think so I think money matters the most.But what do i know I am only a jente fra Norge!

Ha en fin sundag i Amerika

Happy 4th Of July

Anita

Kelly said...

Do they still say the pledge in school classrooms anymore? I'll have to ask my grandchildren. That's an interesting version of "apology"....

Happy Independence Day, Fram!

Anita said...

It seems to me --THE MAN has gone on a vaccation!!Yippy! :)))

A Cuban In London said...

Happy 4th of July! :-)

Greetings from London.

Liplatus said...

Stunningly beautiful landscape.
The image of water doubles the beauty.
I can rise high and see into the distance.

Warm summer days!

Something special ....