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One bit of commonly-shared wisdom is that all ancient marine maps were marked at the edge: "There be dragons."
The very phrase conjures up primordial fears of what lies below the literally unfathomable depths. Sailors will tell you that nothing seems more mysterious than the sea when the last bit of land disappears.
But, like almost everything we all know, this one is simply not true.
One sixteenth century globe contains the phrase: "HC SVNT DRACONES." But that's it.
But I know where I can find a dragon. This one doesn't visit me in my dreams -- though that is where many live. He visits me in my back yard.
That is him at the top of the post. Not particularly big.
But he is definitely green.
And a regular visitor now that there is no large dog to reduce him to a tastes-like-chicken salad sandwich.
He lives next door. But he has an Eve-complex about the hibiscus in my yard. Loves those blooms.
When he climbs up into the shrub, you can see why some biologists believe that reptiles and birds are related. He looks as if he could make a lumbering takeoff. Of course, it would be an Wilbur Wright flight.
So, I will content myself with the dragon I do have -- not the ones that were off of the map.
The very phrase conjures up primordial fears of what lies below the literally unfathomable depths. Sailors will tell you that nothing seems more mysterious than the sea when the last bit of land disappears.
But, like almost everything we all know, this one is simply not true.
One sixteenth century globe contains the phrase: "HC SVNT DRACONES." But that's it.
But I know where I can find a dragon. This one doesn't visit me in my dreams -- though that is where many live. He visits me in my back yard.
That is him at the top of the post. Not particularly big.
But he is definitely green.
And a regular visitor now that there is no large dog to reduce him to a tastes-like-chicken salad sandwich.
He lives next door. But he has an Eve-complex about the hibiscus in my yard. Loves those blooms.
When he climbs up into the shrub, you can see why some biologists believe that reptiles and birds are related. He looks as if he could make a lumbering takeoff. Of course, it would be an Wilbur Wright flight.
So, I will content myself with the dragon I do have -- not the ones that were off of the map.
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