https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfKTbU5w_MA The Outside Story By Loren Merrill One of the most exciting rites of spring is the alewife run, an annual event where throngs of fish race upstream from the ocean to inland water bodies on a reproductive journey. These “river herring,” as they are categorized, actually spend most of their lives at sea. Come... Continue Reading →
Sacred Ground
[Summer settles into a rhythm, only to have the rhythm destroyed by an earthquake on the mud flats. SB SM] Artie and Sandy Beach return from an afternoon of fishing. Well, metaphorically speaking. Sandy Beach has begun talking to him, and the two routinely carry on conversations about stripers, about fishing, about life. The imaginary... Continue Reading →