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The new warp is green, cool, the color of lichens and shaded moss, the color of celadon porcelain, all the watered hues of seaglass found tumbled in basalt on my shore
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My neighbor always used to blame me whenever she caught a cold or flu—”You gave me this”—and now I know she should have washed her hands before touching her face. I do not think she will be able to blame me for this. “Worser and worser” was the ungrammatical line from my childhood. A new…
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It started with East wind, which was warm and dry on Friday and floated dry grains of sand across the shore. That called up the memory of walking Bowzer and how he stood so tall and alert, looking far off north until he noticed the sand accumulating on his feet. He would pick up each…
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There are literal black swans. But the expression “black swan” when not speaking about birds means something else. A black swan is an anomaly. It is the thing that careful observations and experience tells us cannot happen… and then it does. For example, living in 18th century England, I could have looked at literally hundreds…
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By the time my watch alarm went off at 6:30, we were already on the beach. Not much luck with glass today, but two dozen whimbrels. (Gary counted fifty-one gathered the evening before in front of our house.) They moved out of our way as if we were just another harmless animal. And that is…
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Works Progress Administration “(WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was established on May 6, 1935, by Executive Order 7034.”—Wikipedia
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I wake most often in the middle of the night these days. I know before I look at my watch what time it is, usually within a few minutes. I wish it were near dawn, but it’s not. It’s not even 4:30am, when I would not mind so much being awake. I turn and look…
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“Time and Tide wait for no man” is how the saying goes. It is a recommendation against procrastination and as I am reading Patrick O’Brian’s naval novels (for the third time) I understand the reference. However . . . We waited for the tide to turn so that we might have our walk. It was…
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