Category Archives: Foraging

Mussels and Moonlight

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

It’s the night of the new moon, which means it’s time to read another poem from Mary Oliver’s Twelve Moons. Today’s poem is Mussels. Mussels grow thickly on our homestead beach. They mass so compactly in most places that they … Continue reading →

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Reaching for the Sea Stars

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Mark Zeiger

This morning, just before 9:00 am local time, we had a pretty decent low tide. Not an extreme low, as many news sources blithely reported because of the recent “super moon” (where do these people get their information?) just one … Continue reading →

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