Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Harbor at Dawn.

In the harbor, an early morning sign of life at the end of a pier. A single incandescent bulb illuminates the inside of a boat builder's equipment shack. For the moment all is quiet. The mood, naturally peaceful. Calm.

Lobster boats have come and gone. Trawlers as well. Difficult and confusing days for the fisherman. Hard work for sure. On the water and off. Beyond what will the catch be today. Tense negotiations regarding fishing grounds, catch limits, catch shares, rebuilding fish stocks, maintaining a commercial living, maintaining fish populations. Politics, rules, regulations. Bitterness, animosity. Uncertainty.

A cool, purple-blue dawn in Stonington Harbor belies this reality.

5 comments:

  1. "The lady fancies himself a poet"

    Very good mike. I enjoyed this post.

    Rob
    Oh and the photo too. ;-)

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  2. Ha... good one! Thanks.

    Someone (I forget who) once said about his student, "Your manuscript is good and original. Unfortunately, the good parts are not original and the original parts are not good."

    That about sums it up for me. (at best!)

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  3. Someone (I forget who) once said about his student, "Your manuscript is good and original. Unfortunately, the good parts are not original and the original parts are not good."

    Samuel Johnson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson

    Although I just did a web search to verify that and according to this site http://www.samueljohnson.com/apocryph.html the quote may be incorrectly attributed to him.

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  4. Ok, beautiful and all but wtf!? March 11th? Anything good happen on that day? March 10 & 15 but noooooooooooooo not the 11th. let me guess, it rained! Sure blame it on God! hahaha.

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  5. March 11th is a holy day... no blog posts allowed!

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