If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. —William Shakespeare
I came upon the seals still snoozing this morning. When sleeping in the water, they can float as in a standing position, similar to a fishing bobber. This is called “bottling”. I waited for them to start their day. You can hear them in the audio file below. I love them so.
I was going to skinny dip this morning then the fog suddenly lifted as did my courage and cover. I waded in…the cool water medicine for my sore knees.
Most mornings the chatter of sea birds and bellows of the seals is a lively soundtrack to my beach clean-up. Today they were as calm as Cape Cod Bay.
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
—Jacques Yves Cousteau
I must be a mermaid, Rango.
I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
―Anais Nin
My soul is full of longing
for the secret of the sea,
and the heart of the great ocean
sends a thrilling pulse through me.
―Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
―Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
The sea is a desert of waves,
A wilderness of water.
―Langston Hughes, Selected Poems
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),
It’s always our self we find in the sea.”
―e.e. cummings, 100 Selected Poems
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
—Dorothea Lange
