Jun 8, 2017
From The Mountains To The Sea Every grain of sand has a story to tell The early morning sun angled across a wide low-tide beach. Symmetrical wave-derived ripples cast striped shadows across the sand. Five brown pelicans surfed the wave troughs, practically skimming...
Mar 31, 2017
Man Creates Order, Nature Creates Perfection Daylight savings time makes early-morning moon viewing easier. At 6 a.m., darkness vails the landscape. In contrast to the darkness, the yet-to-rise sun lights up the left half of the moon. The moon orbits the earth every...
Aug 17, 2016
Everything Peaks in Summer From Spartina grass to accommodation tax, Folly thrives in the heat We watched two pods of dolphins swimming near the convergence of Folly Creek and First Sister Creek. Thirty yards separated them. One pod of five individuals, likely...
Aug 17, 2016
The Truth About Maritime Salvage It’s hard to venture into the salt marsh without seeing a sunken or abandoned vessel. Most often, these vessels slip their anchor and ride a spring tide deep into the spartina grass. Once there, the vessel owner (if even aware of the...
Jun 3, 2016
You Won’t Get this Education in a Classroom We left the dock around 5 p.m. Two moms and two dads, plus five pre-teen kids smiled, anticipating their adventure into the salt marsh. The two dads shared a Bert’s Market growler, while the moms and kids scanned the water....
