Bulletin - Vol 9 No. 1
January/February 2006

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A guiding beam of light
That flashes in the night
It tells men of the sea
If that's where they should be.

Sometimes it says, "Beware,
There's trouble for you there."
At times, if it's the case
It says, "This is the place."

Alone on shore or rock
These men of special stock
Keep the lamp light burning
For sailors returning.

The lighthouse tender's breed
Fulfils a special need
His only family may be
The lighthouse and the sea.

So hats off to these few 
And the fine job they do
For ships lost and wind blown
Saved by the light they've shone.

"Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity." copyright 1984 by Del "Abe" Jones

Lightkeeper Jim (Mick) Duncan inside South Solitary Lighthouse lens, c.1946
Photograph courtesy: Beryl Royal

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