Saturday, June 27, 2015

Hedgebrook, Day Three

Deer Lagoon, Whidbey Island


I worked all morning today, have reached California, 1998. I walked to Useless Bay and then back along a dyke through Deer Lagoon. I pretended not to notice when what might have been tens of thousands of miniature dragonflies swarmed me, the whir of their wings so constant in my ear that I finally waved my hands in front of my face as I walked. I saw rabbits, a deer, several herons and transparent crabs that skittered over my feet and disappeared into the sand. I trudged home in the hot sun, sticky. I collapsed on my bed and shared a glass of water with a moth who fluttered up and out as I tipped the water back.

8 comments:

  1. It is, as I have suspected, magic there.

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  2. Did you dip your toes in Useless Bay? Is it refreshing to your spirit? What's it like to gather with the others for dinner? Xoxo

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  3. I'm glad you're getting lots of work done. I've got to catch up on your past two days! I wonder if those miniature dragonflies are mayflies?

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  4. It seems like this time for yourself is just delicious.

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  5. Hoping you caught a thunderstorm this morning and a wee bit of rain. Thinking of you everyday everyday every hour.

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