Simplifying Your Life
A small island is not just a place on the map; it’s a psychological destination; a model of simplifying your life and making do with what is immediately to hand. You may not even have to take a plane or a boat to get there.
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Positive Spin
I now have two anniversaries to forget every year, my wedding and the start of Tidal Life the blog. The former was back in January, the latter was yesterday, but I forgot. Think positive So instead of marking the last day of the first year of blogging, I’m celebrating the beginning of a second wonderful…
The Care and Feeding of a View
Forester and slope stability expert Elliott Menashe sent me this lovely photo of his view. He sees the North Cascades and Steven’s Pass from a tower above his Whidbey Island home. It’s a very different vista from mine. I have no mountains for one thing. For another, he had to climb a tower to get…
The Coastal Path
Hiking – One or the many ways you can take the coastal path. Former Whidbey Islander Leah Claire, who now lives in Cornwall, sent this shot taken from the South West Coast Path. Being rather new to the British Isles, Leah couldn’t pin-point the exact spot where she took this. “We were somewhere north of Newquay….
Dungeness Spit – Rethinking Life for 11 Miles
Dungeness Spit offers 11 miles of empty beach when you need time for rethinking life and deciding where to go next.
A beach, a dock and the two faces of Styrofoam
I’ve just returned from the scene of a conundrum — Styrofoam in the marine environment. A few days ago a Whidbey visitor left a comment here on Tidal Life to tell me that a section of dock had floated up and lodged on a local beach. They asked for my help finding the correct agency…
Queen Anne’s Lace and Breaking Waves
Spied this thicket of Queen Anne’s Lace while driving. The white umbrel heads looked so beautiful bobbing in the breeze, while behind them the white waves broke on the shore, that I had to pull over and try to capture them for my water photo of the week. If I were a fabric designer, I’d…
