Oyster dredges get towed across the bottom. The mouth of the dredge has teeth. These teeth bite into the bottom. A good haul with an oyster dredge is a full dredge. It’s how we made our money. When the dredges came over the rails we dumped them onto a wooden table, …
Nature
Plankton on my mind.
It happens when I’m on the couch. The wood stove is either on or off. An inane advertisement comes across the TV screen. I got Smartfood dust all over my jeans. I turn the TV off, hitting the glowing red remote control button that says “power” with enough force to …
blue glass and pilot whales
The bluest water I’d ever seen. I stood at the boat’s rail looking down. The sunlight hit the surface and drove rays of light downward—all that energy, who knows how much candlelight power, the sheer wattage boggles the mind-- toward the ocean’s bottom, a mile below …
