ocean – ETCetera

GALILEE

I love the ocean and miss it, even after these many years. Just to look at it in its calm, or storm. To listen to it as it pounds the breakers, or smell the salt air that punctures your sinus and clears your head in seconds. The list goes on with the dreams drifting hurriedly.Continue reading “GALILEE”

HAZARD OR HAVEN

One of our returns to my homeland, the Island of Bermuda, produced much by way of reflection. As the plane began its descent, the Captain announced the arrival time in Bermuda to be in approximately thirty minutes. As the minutes slipped by, we were aware of the color changes in the ocean. We viewed theContinue reading “HAZARD OR HAVEN”

CLASSY

We had some very serious problems develop in our family and my father, determined to “get our act together” mortgaged the family home and took the family aboard the Canadian Steamship’s, Lady Nelson, for 28 days in the Caribbean. I did not recognize then what he was doing, but after he and mother had celebratedContinue reading “CLASSY”

CHANNEL MARKERS

Standing on deck, I was reviewing the events of the previous week when a Norwegian Cruise Line ship had run aground in Bermuda. There they have a long narrow channel, close to twenty miles, that finally enters Two Rock Passage and subsequently to Hamilton Harbor. One stands on the deck and thinks: “I could jumpContinue reading “CHANNEL MARKERS”