Of the many gifts that come from a life lived by the sea, the moments of solitude, with the ocean as backdrop, are among the ones I love most. Even more enjoyable than experiencing those moments firsthand, however, is watching them happen to somebody else.
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Island Trick-or-Treating
So tonight, I was with the ninjas, Cinderella, and the big guy holding her hand. And here are the small people, pre-trick-or-treating, getting ready for the annual Halloween picture. Some of us were more ready than others. One of us was still assembling his costume while walking to the first house on our route. I […]
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If You Build It
They prepare, and then wait for the tide to come in, knowing it always, always does. After all, as the theory goes, if you build it, the water will come.
Thoughts on the Sea #6
O for a soft and gentle wind!  I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze  And white waves heaving high; And white waves heaving high, my lads,  The good ship tight and free— The world of waters is our home,  And merry men are we. Allan […]
The Changing Changes of the Tides
The tide changes have been rather dramatic these last couple of weeks, both in the ocean and in the surrounding waterways. One of our local hangout spots, for instance, on average looks something like this: But the last unusually low tide left it like this: Then, one evening earlier this week, during a full moon, […]
Thoughts on the Sea #5
In the February 2013 edition of Coastal Living, in an article entitled “Why the Beach Makes Us Happy,†Barry Yeoman wrote that “the most pleasurable sounds have predictable wave patterns, middling to low pitches, soft volumes, and harmonic frequencies at regular intervals-all characteristics of the ocean’s rhythms.†The most pleasurable sounds? Hmm. Yeah, that’s about […]