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MAY 2011 ~ We were out at Bodega Head one afternoon in a low-level gale: winds at 40 knots. Sand was blowing everywhere, we could hardly stand up, the waves were wonderful, the gulls obviously playing, surfing the air currents and having a great time.
[...] Credo che il trucco sia tutto qui: nel tenera alla larga il rimpianto. Non possiamo tenerlo alla larga per sempre, perché è inevitabile fare sbagli che comportano rimpianti, ma i migliori di noi riescono a tirare avanti, zoppicando, fino ai sessanta, settant'anni, prima di soccombere. Io, io ce l'ho fatta fino ai trentasette, più o meno, David uguale e mio fratello ha chiuso ancora prima. E non sono certa che esista una cura per il rimpianto. Temo di no. [...]
Nick Hornby - Come diventare buoni
I took a little road trip to Shell Beach which is appx 25 miles
south east of New Orleans proper. A hard hit fishing community.
There is a Hurricane Katrina memorial at the end of Yscloskey Hwy....
both on shore and in the water. It's also an area where fishermen take
their boats out to the giant Lake Borgne, it is along the Mississippi River
-Gulf Outlet (MRGO) which is an inlet the leads to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Family Sparidae (Porgies) Scientific Name: Archosargus probatocephalus
Common Names: Convict Fish, Baitstealer, Sheephead
Range & Habitat: Sheepshead are found Gulfwide, primarily in saline to near-fresh estuarine waters. They are very common near rock jetties, piers, pilings, and weirs. They are also found in nearshore waters outside the beaches during the spawning period of February-April. www.seagrantfish.lsu.edu/biological/misc/sheepshead.htm
locator: MNE_2864
image by Photo George
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Signs are posted about hazardous cliffs. You can see them crumbling away steeply to the ocean though it's a bit hard to catch the perspective here.
Rough night, can't keep my eyes open, and the world is tilting! American Crow, Shell Beach, California