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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Interference Patterns
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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Keem Bay, Achill Island
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
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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All Paths Lead to the Sea
There is not a single place on this planet where you could walk in a straight line (if possible) and not find your self on a seashore somewhere with a seemingly limitless expanse of ocean beyond. All paths really do lead to the sea.
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