Ben, I am counting on you to get that song reference.
I went back to the ocean today
April 20, 2009
March 6, 2009
Day 61: March 6, 2009
All of the pictures I took today were of the sky. I have been in a contemplative mood today, so perhaps that was appropriate.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
January 22, 2009
Day 18: January 22, 2009
I hardly ever get to leave work before sunset these days. Today I did. Sure there are better sunset pictures out there in the world, but this was my out-of-work-early-driving-to-Westwood-to-tutor sunset, and that’s good enough.
Plymouth has more colors at sunset than my sock drawer ever dreamed of
Sleepiness makes me less verbose.
Bonus points to anyone who understands what that caption is all about.
January 9, 2009
Day 5: January 9, 2009
I know two Cape Cods.
Cape Cod #1 is the place I visited over many summer weeks and autumn weekends throughout my childhood and young adult years. Centered in West Dennis and its environs, it was all beaches and trampolines and miniature adventures and enchanted swamps. The trip there had certain rituals: Rachel and I would compete to see who could catch the first glimpse of Sagamore Bridge, my father and I would exchange comments about the pine trees stunted by the salty, sandy soil of the Cape.
West Dennis Beach
Cape Cod #2 is the place of my current employment. It consists of approximately 13 miles of highway and a brief ride through a tangle of malls (both strip and regular) and dilapidated motels and car dealerships. When I got the job offer at the Cape Cod Times, I was delighted at the prospect of working in the place of my wonderful childhood memories. But it has been rare that these two Cape Cods have overlapped.
Today, however, I started my day interviewing a businessman in South Dennis. When I was done, I decided to take a drive to, and down, West Dennis Beach. The picture that resulted is surely a conventional Cape Cod scene–sandy dune, beach grass, blue ocean–but it has been just that conventional Cape Cod I have been missing.
