Addendum: Hmmm ... In the last 24 hours, three people sent me or posted photos of turtles and then I picked up a book I just started reading, a library copy of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, by Tyson Yunkaporta, and was startled to be presented with a creation myth involving Turtle. Just now as I was getting ready to get in bed and read until I fall asleep, I debated about turning over a new card in a stack of cards with proverbs from all over the world. I keep the tiny cards on the desk in my bedroom. I laughed out loud upon reading this:
"The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg the whole country is informed." (Malayan)
Of course I thought of "Turtle Blues"
Turns out that Janis' first major performance was on June 17, 1967, at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Hmmmm ...
Turtle Day 2021
