The morning is brisk. I pick up dew with my feet when I walk the grassy paddock outside my door and find a bench to observe the morning stir. Bristol sleeps beneath a thick fog swept in by heavy sea air and funneled by hills on either side of the Avon River to where I … Continue reading A Fog over the Bristol Harbor
Chum in the Ocean
Every baby shark that wriggles free from its leathery eggshell after the required length of embryonic development learns to live by one rule: keep moving. It's about survival. Sharks carry oxygen in their blood derived from the translucent vastness they live in. Harvesting oxygen molecules to fuel metabolic activity requires continuous fresh water running silently … Continue reading Chum in the Ocean
All The Light We Cannot See
Some weeks ago a manatee happened to be grazing just offshore an island in Belize called Caye Caulker. From the ship’s prow I could discern its nose when it breached the surfaced for air at regular intervals. Should it not have required oxygen to live, we might never have seen it all.
Freedom for the Selfie Generation
At the back of our brains, so to speak, there [is] a forgotten blaze or burst of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life [is] to dig for this submerged sunrise of wonder. - G. K. Chesterton
A Little Light
A peculiar silence greeted me when I lay down for bed last night. It was a full silence, bright and ripe, like an apple before it breaks from the tree. After a few minutes, I clambered from bed, leaving my teammate Alex behind, and stepped back into the world to have look. I slid the … Continue reading A Little Light
Lost in the Fire
We have a small fire pit in the back and that's where I headed. In the crook of my arm was a notebook and Annie Dillard's Pilgrim At Tinker Creek. But I didn't read much.
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