Y’all, last week, we spent a few days back on our old island, the one I still consider my home island. It’s been a long time since we’ve been back, so I found myself looking afresh at my once-regular views. I also have a new camera, and She-Who-Is-Challenged-Even-By-Autofocus spent much the weekend ranting about her […]
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A New Sky over the Salt Marsh: Here Comes the Curve Ball
Last week, I wrote this little post about…well, the joys of both work and pleasure and, well…just read here, because I’m fast discovering I’m inept at paraphrasing myself. I now submit to you the epilogue, a.k.a. What Really Happens When I Listen to My Own Malarkey. I’ve promise truth in blogging once or twice before, […]
Thoughts on the Sea #2
“The castle of Cair Paravel on its little hill towered up above them; before them were the sands, with rocks and little pools of salt water, and seaweed, and the smell of the sea and long miles of bluish-green waves breaking for ever and ever on the beach. And oh, the cry of the seagulls! […]
The Man I Love (Don’t Expect Romance Here)
A little over a week ago, I ended up in the doctor’s office, trying to eradicate a persistent sinus infection. LCB, feeling gallant, had offered to drive me despite the fact that, while sick, I was still fully capable of getting my sorry little self a few miles down the road. It was a sweet gesture, […]
Thoughts on the Sea #1
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.† Antoine de Saint-Exupery