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Dear Fellow Earthlings,

(This blog was compiled in the Falklands on 9 August 2013 local time.)

Today I took another trip out into the Camp, my first one being back on 29 July. My driver for the day was Nobbe Clarke. First we stopped at Goose Green to visit the grave of a Lieutenant Nicholas Taylor, shot down while strafing Argentine troops positioned in and around Goose Green during the 1982 War. Next we made our way to Walker Creek, in the Lafonia region of East Falkland. By “creek", in the Falklands, it looks like they are referring to narrow arms of the sea. At Walker Creek Nobbe and I talked with a couple who work as sheep shearers for income – and as artists for fulfillment. Returning to Goose Green, we had lunch (served by Trudy at the Galley Café, where she had served me lunch, back on 29 July). All told Nobbe drove me to see 3 farms today: Walker Creek, Goose Green, and Fitzroy. Our last stop was Fitzroy where I paid my respects to 54 men left dead and 46 injured on the 8th of June 1982 when the two British ships the “Sir Tristram” and the “Sir Galahad” were sunk by Argentine fighter planes. My most moving moment today was when a young man at Goose Green who was only 7 years old or so in 1982 (and is about 38 years old now) looked at me suspiciously until I explained to him that, despite my physical resemblance to Argentines, I was from the United States and here in the Falklands to pay my respects. You see, when he was 7, he had been held captive by Argentine troops along with 113 other people of Goose Green for 30 days under deplorable conditions. His eyes changed when he learned I was there only to pay my respects. I honoured his instruction not to photograph him, but I was allowed to photograph the very meeting hall where the 114 captives had been held – which, ironically, the man was setting up for some community event to be held later today. By the way, due to time constraints, I did not go to the cinema at Mt. Pleasant tonight.

Steve Walker

Earthsaver and Jingles Creator

© 2013 Steve Walker, The Jingles-The Japan Foundation for English Pronunciation, Summit Enterprises.