“From where the sun now stands I will go in the ocean no more forever,†declared my younger son a few weeks ago when we went back to spend a few days on our old island. Okay, those might not have been his exact words, him not being Chief Joseph and all, but he was […]
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I See the Girl
I teach high school, so I’m surrounded by teenagers for a good part of my day. Long ago, I grew accustomed to the looks I sometimes get when I mention my profession, looks of pity, surprise, or my favorite: wide-eyed looks of horror. These reactions are, however, in my case unwarranted, for there are few […]
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Girlfriend’s Got the Moves
When we first moved to the beach, I awoke one morning to see a young tourist couple out on their nearby deck landing, doing yoga. At the time, I remember being in awe of their lack of inhibitions, how unmoved they seemed by the thought of all the people sitting in their homes or on […]
Thoughts on the Sea #3
The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wonder for a spell in the abysses of solitude, to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. Kate Chopin, The Awakening If you like sea quotations, you may want to […]
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Honestly, I Intended To Watch the Coastal Birds
Earlier this week, Baby-girl, my eldest son and I went on a coastal bird-watching tour, complete with guides and lots of wound up children who, being kids, chose to ignore the fact that birds are generally most scared of people when said people are loud. Thus, there weren’t many actual birds on our bird-watching tour. […]
The Other Side of Crazy: Relocating to an Island
So, you want to drop everything and move to an island? Let me guess: your friends, privately or otherwise, think you are nuts contemplating something that only ever works out in the movies. At this point, what you do have is a really good job right where you are and what you don’t have is […]