Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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David Attenborough. The middle of the night, as I age, becomes more familiar. I fell asleep, then woke at 2 AM to a PBS Nature program. It featured the long life and career of David Attenborough. He began as a child, collecting English fossils in his neighborhood. Then with the usual and finally, successful career attempts, got onto TV. He created, in his own style, several notable nature series. After 'translating' the many lives of frogs and birds, He wished to explain the very early living life of the planet. What would he choose, but that from his childhood--fossils. From my own present passion with fossil Trilobites, What did he explain, but his similar passion for Trilobites! I was very familiar with David, but this brought me ever closer to him. Our lives were parallel in many ways as we grew, He being more world renowned, and I, in a smaller, but similar sphere. Our worldly passions and concerns were parallel, But through circumstance and drive, some of us reach wider horizons. Both are vital, the smaller sphere augmented and supported by the greater. Truth and awareness are vocalized and needed by wide and local voices. One should not boast if large, nor be discouraged if small. All voices of encouragement are severely needed--especially now. 23 October 2025 0210 Hours.