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Late December oyster


29 December 11 10:08 AM
What is the lifespan of Crassostrea viginica , our local oyster? What is its maximum size? The experts will tell you it gets to 20 years old, and about 8" long. I found the shell of one 3 years ago today that just misses 9 inches. Its shell tells a story Read More...
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In Irene's aftermath


01 September 11 10:26 PM
The sandpiper did the unthinkable--it strolled . Then stopped. Then sat at the edge of the ocean. I was sitting a yard or so behind it. I t did not matter. This bird is done. Hurricanes are exhausting. *** We're more intricately tied to nature than we Read More...
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Tomato seedlings


05 April 11 09:20 PM
That a tiny tomato seed grows at all still amazes me, in a cerebral, Robert Frost kind of way. The first time I brush against the new leaves, though, the earthy aroma swirling around my limbic system, Frost will no longer do. William Blake gets close, Read More...
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Dying light


04 December 10 03:01 PM
I tossed some metal into the Atlantic surf for about an hour today. The sun has settled low in the south. Gashes of December light broke through the wintry gray clouds. Even the midday shadows are long now. The chilly brine bathed my feet as I cast. It Read More...
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On eating an orange


01 December 10 06:23 PM
This is from a couple of years ago. I'll be listening to Galway Kinnell speak next week, first time I've seen him in over 30 years. Funny how that works... I started reading a book this morning, a good one. This particular book was printed in 1903, sat Read More...
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June


01 June 10 08:14 PM
I want to crawl face down in the fields and graze on the wild strawberries, my clothes stained pink, even for seven years if I must, if they exist. I want to lie out on my back under the thousand stars and think my way up among them, through them, and Read More...
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Our horseshoe crab trip


22 May 10 08:47 AM
What did you imagine lies in wait anyway at the end of a world whose sub-substance is glaim, gleet, birdlime, slime, mucus, muck? from Why regret? Galway Kinnell Yesterday we took over 160 high school students to Sandy Hook to see horseshoe crabs. A few Read More...
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