To get from skiff to cabin across a curved expanse of exposed beach at low tide,<\/p>\n
\u00a0stepping in slow careful assent across<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0a mudflat densely populated with clams and eel grass,<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a shell-to-shell carpet of blue mussels occupying<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 spaces between and under mounds of bladderwort,<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a swath of barnacle encrusted rocks then<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0over the same cobbled confusion of glacier erratics into<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 territory where multitudes of snails sun themselves,<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a loose arrangement of low growing goose tongue interspersed\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0among clumps of grass and beach greens staking<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 claim to a sandy stretch of beach that indicates\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the farther reach of high tides, and<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 finally through a tall leisurely density of beach grass and<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0cow parsnips, in fullness of bloom, out of reach of high<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 tides but not their influences,<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0with each step, no matter the gentle intent, the history of the earth is changed.<\/p>\n
\nGlen Ray deeply enjoys life in Juneau and exploring spiritual qualities of ordinary experience through the lenses of meditation, qigong, tai chi and sculpture. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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