Note: I am sitting at my desk, mid-summer, gazing out on a hazy, warm day in July. I soaked my feet in the sea this morning and watched my dog, Gus, swim out to fetch sticks in the company of a resident harbor seal on Eagle Harbor. I have held the following essay captive forContinue reading “Dad”
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January 15, 2022
Seaweed and Snores, A Poem Focus on one shining strip of seaweed Notice the tiny water etched rocks framing the waving shape of something just afloat To just breathe and free thoughts takes as much time, more time than counting shells One breathe, then another The breaths fall over each other, rising and falling likeContinue reading “January 15, 2022”
January 1, 2022
Happy New Year, Everyone! My last sea swim feels like a lifetime ago. My life was swept up over the holidays out of the sea, as I turned elf and baked rolls and sewed felt ornaments and gathered with family like the first time in a lifetime. Our house experienced something this year that feltContinue reading “January 1, 2022”
October 1, 2020
Tonight I returned to my starting place to fetch what I’d left behind. The setting sun forced an early exit from my neighbor’s dock, and after a pit stop at home I was escorted by my dear mutt to collect my stashed belongings where I’d begun my first ever open water swim of October. IContinue reading “October 1, 2020”
Mary Swims 