Six solitary souls patrol the border between sand and sea. Between the comfort of warm clothes and the distress of unprotected immersion, they may be forays close to the edge, but with a comfortable retreat. It’s good to see them here. Like the edge of a precipice, that boundary calls to me like some deranged […]
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What a wild and stormy evening tonight with intermittent squalls interspersed with downpours. The few stoic souls out braving the cold could teach the many about enjoying isolation.
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Ripples of ocean swirl into the nooks and crannies of a sand bank rapidly vanishing under a rising tide. The patterns arising leave in their wake the simple ripples of stones thrown into water, instead complex patterns of superposition, construction and cancellation play out in chaotic beauty. A few almost solitary sea birds most likely […]
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I first set foot on Achill Island, County Mayo a couple of years ago. At the time I was only a little aware of its significance in the life of Ireland’s beloved pirate queen, Gráinne Ní Mháillem (Grace O’Malley). In the last few months my awareness of this incredible woman and her place in sixteenth […]
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Kracka Summer Australian beaches in summer are fabulous places to keep cool, so fabulous in fact that in some places they have to be closed for the safety of visitors not accustomed to reading the waves and surf and currents. For our tourist destination beaches I reluctantly agree this makes sense. Fortunately for us locals […]
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