Orion Peeking Through Leaves
I awoke before sunrise and did my usual greeting to the mountains from my deck. As I stuck my head out the first thing I noticed was the soft rustling of leaves as the pre-dawn air stirred them. I...
View Article12 Hours on the Beach
Shuuuuuuuuuuuu…..shuffle..shuffle……SHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU…..shuffle–crawl….. Silence. Cycles of tides, rhythms of waves, calls of gulls as they make their last patrol over the...
View ArticleSo Perfect the Night
The mother loggerhead heaved her massive body on to the white sand beach during a coastal thunderstorm and laid a nest of 119 eggs in her perfectly dug pit. After being satellite tagged “Storm” crawled...
View ArticleAs Above, So Below
After a couple days of rain and storms, the Gulf kicked up a bit and offered a show of light that has me—hours later–still in a state of awe. First there was the strong wind creating powerful waves and...
View ArticleMerrily, Merrily…Life is But a Dream
This morning the wind was painting the clear blue sky with wisps of white–feathery clouds that floated overhead as I paddled my SUP board. While I heard evidence of humans, I saw no one. The sounds of...
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