All you ever wanted was the liminal

[sovay]

So selkie needed the Atlantic and whole-bellied clams and Revere Beach was right there.



It felt a little on the nose that our gorgeously autumn-reflecting beach was drifted over with the smoke of a brush fire. We took joy in the sea.



I loved these strewn sea-shadows in the sand.



The water was dead freezing and Selkie looked at home.



The sea seemed to have left its own offering.



It was five years to the day since we had last been in New England together.



I was picking a piece of white quartz out of the tide.



Its tattered and beautiful strandings.



The traditional photographer's shadow.



We put our shoes back on and watched the light change over the water.



Selkie stood my photography with commendable patience.



We got a medium box of fried clams from Kelly's and in accordance with our ancestral customs ate them in the car because of the wind chill. The smoke made a Krakatoa sunset.

And then we drove home via Route 1 and collected spatch and rushthatspeaks and barbecue from Blue Ribbon and I had dinner with my mother and both of my husbands and the mother of my godchild and time seems to have lasted several days more than usual, which is as a flying visit should be. Because we have to get up at stupid o'clock for the train, of course we stayed up talking.

Comments

[nineweaving]

How wonderful! Wishing you many more such days.

Nine

[sovay]

How wonderful! Wishing you many more such days.

Thank you! Hold the brush fires, please.

[selkie]

A toast to the natural order of all things!

[sovay]

A toast to the natural order of all things!

And microcontinents!

[mrissa]

Yay, yay, yay.

[sovay]

Yay, yay, yay.

*hugs*

[julian]

My goodness, those first and last pictures. And many of the others. What a time and moment.

[sovay]

My goodness, those first and last pictures. And many of the others. What a time and moment.

The Atlantic in the Anthropocene.

*hugs*

[umadoshi]

So much yay for such a lovely time!

[sovay]

So much yay for such a lovely time!

*hugs*

[ckd]

How lovely! Thank you for sharing the experience with us. My only complaint is that now I want Kelly's.

[sovay]

How lovely! Thank you for sharing the experience with us. My only complaint is that now I want Kelly's.

I cannot gainsay this desire.

*hugs*

[a_reasonable_man]

I'm so glad you have seen the sea and been surrounded by so many people who love you.

[sovay]

I'm so glad you have seen the sea and been surrounded by so many people who love you.

*hugs*

[asakiyume]

Love the joy on selkie's face, love that sea for both of you, love that treasure-littered sand.

[sovay]

Love the joy on selkie's face, love that sea for both of you, love that treasure-littered sand.

Thank you!

[kaffy_r]

As others have said, thank you for sharing these. I needed to see those pictures. I want the Atlantic, too, and while I looked at your images, I felt better.

[sovay]

As others have said, thank you for sharing these. I needed to see those pictures. I want the Atlantic, too, and while I looked at your images, I felt better.

Thank you! May there be the real thing for you soon.

[pameladean]

The picture of the two of you is adorable. And thank you for all the sea and beach photos. I am not a sea person, but it has such an air.

Of course you stayed up talking. A great goodness.

P.

[selkie]

“I’m passing through,
And we know we won’t sleep
She laughs, puts up the tea
I say
I think you remember
Every part of me;
The water starts to boil,
And if I had a camera
Showing all the light we give
And where the light extends,
I’d give it to my friend.”

[pameladean]

Why am I not following you? Would it be okay? (No is a cromulent answer.) P.

[selkie]

Of course you may follow me! I just need to make a few fangirl noises audible only to the cats!
I mostly only comment but there is a bunch of poetry and other mishegas on my DW.

[sovay]

The picture of the two of you is adorable. And thank you for all the sea and beach photos. I am not a sea person, but it has such an air.

Thank you!

Of course you stayed up talking. A great goodness.

*hugs*

[aurumcalendula]

That sounds like a lovely time (and those are great photos)!

[sovay]

That sounds like a lovely time (and those are great photos)!

Thank you! It was a necessary and wonderful day.

[gwynnega]

I'm glad you all had such a lovely time.

[sovay]

I'm glad you all had such a lovely time.

Thank you! I wish you the same kind.

[ashlyme]

I'm delighted you had a good day. Great photos! *Hugs*

[sovay]

I'm delighted you had a good day. Great photos!

Thank you!

*hugs*

[caszabrewin]

that last photo gives me chills. I need to drive to the ocean soon, too.

[sovay]

that last photo gives me chills. I need to drive to the ocean soon, too.

It was the kind of sky I would prefer not to associate with every day at the beach, but at least the water was still shock-cold. May there be sea for you soon.

[caszabrewin]

Hopefully this weekend. I rather don't like going on the weekend, but oft times capitalism requires it.

[sovay]

Hopefully this weekend. I rather don't like going on the weekend, but oft times capitalism requires it.

Everyone in this household will commiserate that the dictates of capitalism are a pain.