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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Road Trip
The Skinny Island Post is on the road this weekend, at the Amelia Island Shrimp Festival, a people watching bonanza. We have a booth showing paintings done by the editorial board. Can you say “Self Portrait?” stay tuned.
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Mullet, Paintings, and Peppers
Strong west wind all day. When this occurs it drives a lot of insects from the uninhabited spoil islands of the Tomoka Basin over to the beach, and following them are usually a great many dragonflies, and in the evening, … Continue reading
Just Stuff
Just a beautifully pleasant balmy day here on Skinny Island, wind out of southeast, some scudding clouds for variety and texture, ocean running big and noisy, all night and through the day. A day good for quiet reflection and small … Continue reading
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Dog Days of April
Can’t remember a warmer April here on Skinny Island. We normally would have two or three nice days, say topping out in the mid-seventies, then cool and windy for a week, a little rain, cycling like that. This year we’ve … Continue reading
Feral Procrastination
There’s no procrastination like feral procrastination, according to the Feral Poet, who should know. He barely slipped this to us before Happy Hour Sunday. Arational It is in this light that things suppose to fall apart and thereby make quiet … Continue reading
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Dawn Patrol
Something offshore spinning this stuff– I don’t know what– but this morning was the best surf of the spring so far. Just past low tide, sun barely up, no wind, and the whole western Atlantic to myself. Dawn patrol, surfer … Continue reading
Beachcombers, Bad Surf?, and Squash Blossom Soup
I am genetically predisposed to beachcombing. Six generations of Harrisons, Coopers, and Givens, and all associations by marriage, have ensured that. And while it is more or less accidental that I am rooted in the dune here on Skinny Island, … Continue reading
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Leopard Crabs, Royal Terns, and Longer Days
This is a Leopard Crab, claws retracted, and trying to hunker down in the sand to appear inconspicuous. I’ve come across and saved a few empty shells, but he’s the first live one I’ve found. He was blowing bubbles in … Continue reading
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Indigos, Incence, and Black-bellied Plover
These perfect days are becoming sweetly monotonous. Overnight lows in the 50s, daytime highs in the low 80s, cloudless sky, light morning winds mounting to a good sea breeze by late afternoon, windows all open wide. Startled a very big … Continue reading
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Appreciatively Feral
If nothing else the Feral Poet is appreciative of his residency on Skinny Island, and his proximity to the ocean. It “informs and defines his being,” he says. Call to Worship Timeless impermanence: at nine a.m. a south wind turns … Continue reading
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