Thursday, Tyron State Park was still damp for the very wet winter and spring, so on our hike around the perimeter we came across many large banana slugs.
Among other bridges, the trail includes the Terry Riley Bridge - I texted pictures to Terry Bailey suggesting this might be a place to hike when he and Ann would be in Portland next week. He noted that swapping the R for Ba would make the bridge his namesake.
We saw many more slugs and some snails. Some of the slugs' soft tissue bodies were identical in color, shape and size to the soft tissue bodies of the snails, as if they were snails that lost their shells. This caused me to do some further research - while snails and slugs are related, snails shells are integral parts of the snail's body, they cannot leave their shell.
Then it was to Living Room Theater to watch the British Film "I, Daniel Blake."
"Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work. Despite his doctor's diagnosis, British authorities deny Blake's benefits and tell him to return to his job. As Daniel navigates his way through an agonizing appeal process, he begins to develop a strong bond with a destitute, single mother (Hayley Squires) who's struggling to take care of her two children."
After watching this movie, I have a better understanding of the despair of working class people in Britain and why they would vote for change such as Brexit - the painful exit they are negotiating from the European Union.
Among other bridges, the trail includes the Terry Riley Bridge - I texted pictures to Terry Bailey suggesting this might be a place to hike when he and Ann would be in Portland next week. He noted that swapping the R for Ba would make the bridge his namesake.
We saw many more slugs and some snails. Some of the slugs' soft tissue bodies were identical in color, shape and size to the soft tissue bodies of the snails, as if they were snails that lost their shells. This caused me to do some further research - while snails and slugs are related, snails shells are integral parts of the snail's body, they cannot leave their shell.
Then it was to Living Room Theater to watch the British Film "I, Daniel Blake."
"Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a 59-year-old widowed carpenter who must rely on welfare after a recent heart attack leaves him unable to work. Despite his doctor's diagnosis, British authorities deny Blake's benefits and tell him to return to his job. As Daniel navigates his way through an agonizing appeal process, he begins to develop a strong bond with a destitute, single mother (Hayley Squires) who's struggling to take care of her two children."
After watching this movie, I have a better understanding of the despair of working class people in Britain and why they would vote for change such as Brexit - the painful exit they are negotiating from the European Union.
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