- Fir Island (Wikipedia)
Fir Island is bounded by North and South Forks of the Skagit River and Skagit Bay of Puget Sound in the southwestern corner of Skagit County, Washington. Triangular in outline, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) east–west by 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north–south with an area of nearly 9,900 acres (40 km2), Fir Island is occupied by 195 families. The island is connected by bridge to the village of Conway, located on the east shore of the South Fork of the Skagit River. A second bridge, across the North Fork of the Skagit River, leads to La Conner, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) northwest. Near the northeast tip of Fir Island is the site of the 19th-century town of Skagit City which declined after upstream log jams were removed in 1877.
- When you get closer to God, you become more Godlike.
- You shed the sin that is not yours, until what remains is strictly you.
- You are a crystal, unique.
- A small crystal of creation
- Down here is a small crystal of creation.
- God picked up a small net and fished in the caldron.
- What came up was a small crystal.
- God snapped the crystal into Jesus and continued fishing.
- Another one came up, and then another and another.
- Soon they pulled up connected together.
- It was a long string of crystals, growing thicker.
- Some crystals would fall off.
- Some went back willingly.
- When the crystals hit the floor, they exploded into humans.
- The chain stuttered.
- God let the chain pull for a bit, and then jerked it hard.
- A thrashing occurred.
- God began pulling the chain, occasionally let it relax.
- God turned and said to the humans, pull fast.
- The sprung into action with something do to.
- They grabbed the chain and pulled.
- Quickly they learned to work together.
- Especially as more humans arrived and it became chaotic.
- Pull, God said.
- They pulled, they organized, they invented technology.
- Trucks pulled on command, boats pulled on command, somethings with rockets.
- The chain went slack, and it pulled back hard.
- It shifted and the world was destroyed.
- Pull, said God, and they stood up again.
- They rebuilt the world and pulled again.
- Hold, said God, and they held their grip.
- All watched as the chain moved, the pressure enormous.
- Relax, said God, and they loosened in silence.
- Get ready, said God, as the chain starting slip.
- NOW, said God, and they pulled harder than ever.
- The chain stopped.
- The caldron shook.
- The surface boiling over.
- Duck, said God, and God harder than ever.