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The Year Of The Sea
Dec. 31st, 2018 03:15 pmIn April 2018, we moved to Salt Spring Island. I work on Vancouver Island, so starting in April, every weekday I get up, drive down the mountain, drive along the shore to the ferry, take the boat to work, work, take the boat home, and then drive along the shore and up the mountain home.
I used to see the ocean maybe twice a year on camping trips, but 2018 was the Year of the Sea. It was like suddenly the world had a second sky. Another endless unfathomable vastness you were always aware of. We watched boats cross the trackless blue out the bedroom windows while falling asleep, and the sea began showing up in my dreams. I saw orcas, seals, herons, cormorants, porpoises, and swans on the way to work. I read the poetry of John Masefield unironically.
( pictures of the sea )
I used to see the ocean maybe twice a year on camping trips, but 2018 was the Year of the Sea. It was like suddenly the world had a second sky. Another endless unfathomable vastness you were always aware of. We watched boats cross the trackless blue out the bedroom windows while falling asleep, and the sea began showing up in my dreams. I saw orcas, seals, herons, cormorants, porpoises, and swans on the way to work. I read the poetry of John Masefield unironically.
( pictures of the sea )
