A few years ago, I did the same with a tiny turtle hatchling. A few seconds after releasing it, a frigate bird swooped down and scooped it up. Life is hard.....

We city folk have this Disneyfied view of Mother Nature as a benevolent giver of life. The reality is that Mother Nature is a neglectful and sometimes abusive parent who doesn’t care if any individual lives or dies.

Yeah, so much literature comes to mind here. Jack London, or Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," or Hemingway's outdoorsy stuff, or Marlin Perkins (ha). Survival of the fittest.

A few years ago, I did the same with a tiny turtle hatchling. A few seconds after releasing it, a frigate bird swooped down and scooped it up. Life is hard.....

We city folk have this Disneyfied view of Mother Nature as a benevolent giver of life. The reality is that Mother Nature is a neglectful and sometimes abusive parent who doesn’t care if any individual lives or dies.

I saw an aphorism that read something like, “You are dying and the universe doesn’t care.” I take the point to be that if we want better lives for ourselves and others, it is up to each of us to create that better life. The universe doesn’t care what our lives are like.

That beautiful volcanic rock is mostly buried under the boulders the ex-mayor buried the coastline with. A shame so much of Zihuatanejo's natural beauty has been lost to the ex-mayor's cement. And he's not done. His wife, the current mayor, sadly appears to be continuing the same process.

Not only can cement be used to cover over the beauty of nature, the production of cement is a major contributor to the global warming that will adversely affect so many of the places we enjoy, like the Pacific Coast of Mexico.

Cement’s Massive Carbon Problem

Making one kilogram of cement sends one kilogram of CO2 into the atmosphere. Worldwide every year cement and concrete production generates as much as 9 percent of all human CO2 emissions.

How many of us think we want the best for our children and grandchildren while our actions betray our thoughts?

On Thursday, we had, for us, a first: a live seahorse had washed up on the beach at La Ropa. It was fairly large, as seahorses go....probably 6 in/15 cm. I took it out beyond the breaking waves, but have no idea if it survived.

A few years ago, I did the same with a tiny turtle hatchling. A few seconds after releasing it, a frigate bird swooped down and scooped it up. Life is hard.....

You did the right thing. Local seahorses lost part of their habitat due to the ecocide by the former mayor when he built his expensive road to nowhere at the end of La Ropa Beach and dumped boulders 20 meters seaward from the shore on top of fragile marine habitat.

.....and I see that the big, black volcanic rock that had probably been sitting on the beach just past La Gaviota for centuries has disappeared. How, why and where they moved that huge boulder is a mystery. In earlier years, when Steve McCormack and I walked the beach from end-to-end, we couldn't count an official "lap" unless we touched the big rock.

That beautiful volcanic rock is mostly buried under the boulders the ex-mayor buried the coastline with. A shame so much of Zihuatanejo's natural beauty has been lost to the ex-mayor's cement. And he's not done. His wife, the current mayor, sadly appears to be continuing the same process.

On Thursday, we had, for us, a first: a live seahorse had washed up on the beach at La Ropa. It was fairly large, as seahorses go....probably 6 in/15 cm. I took it out beyond the breaking waves, but have no idea if it survived.

A few years ago, I did the same with a tiny turtle hatchling. A few seconds after releasing it, a frigate bird swooped down and scooped it up. Life is hard.....

You did the right thing. Local seahorses lost part of their habitat due to the ecocide by the former mayor when he built his expensive road to nowhere at the end of La Ropa Beach and dumped boulders 20 meters seaward from the shore on top of fragile marine habitat.

.....and I see that the big, black volcanic rock that had probably been sitting on the beach just past La Gaviota for centuries has disappeared. How, why and where they moved that huge boulder is a mystery. In earlier years, when Steve McCormack and I walked the beach from end-to-end, we couldn't count an official "lap" unless we touched the big rock.

On Thursday, we had, for us, a first: a live seahorse had washed up on the beach at La Ropa. It was fairly large, as seahorses go....probably 6 in/15 cm. I took it out beyond the breaking waves, but have no idea if it survived.

A few years ago, I did the same with a tiny turtle hatchling. A few seconds after releasing it, a frigate bird swooped down and scooped it up. Life is hard.....

You did the right thing. Local seahorses lost part of their habitat due to the ecocide by the former mayor when he built his expensive road to nowhere at the end of La Ropa Beach and dumped boulders 20 meters seaward from the shore on top of fragile marine habitat.

A few years ago, I did the same with a tiny turtle hatchling. A few seconds after releasing it, a frigate bird swooped down and scooped it up. Life is hard.....