We desperately need rain on the island. Each day the fire danger increases, and at night I smell wisps of smoke from fires burning on the mainland. Neighbors have bushwhacked their property, hoping to...

A warm spell has sparked the interest of biting flies on the beach. Landing on bare arms or legs, they give a nasty bite and fly off. My husband carries a fly swatter on...

I love to watch ghost crabs run, their bodies moving sideways with great speed. Unlike most creatures whose movements are either directly ahead or back, crabs sidle, going off in unexpected angles and tangents....

 At a restaurant in this area, the wait staff throws pieces of bread to the fish gathered beneath the deck. When the fish cluster to feed, a green heron appears and collects fish for...

A small post juts out of the water near where I begin my beach walk. Visible only at low tide, it has become like an old friend, occasionally spotted in its familiar site. Today...

A dead dolphin washed ashore last week on a section of the beach I rarely walk. This morning I revisited his carcass where only the skeletal form remained. I mourned his passing, but discovered...

I stubbed my foot on a shell this morning. Glancing down, I noticed a cross carved into its curve, a cross apparently the result of worm holes or a shell borer. I was reminded...

As I walked to the beach this morning, a crow scolded me noisily from a post set into the sand. Apparently he was disturbed at my presence or perhaps he had a nest close...

The wind gusted and blew all night, creating designs in the sand. Some were generated by sea oat stems drawing wide circles at their bases as gusts came from different directions. Others were created...

I walked a different stretch of beach this morning, and noticed a curve in the island’s shore, a bend I’d not noticed in the past. I had been part of the curve in my...