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I hold in my hand a hickory nut that had washed ashore yesterday. Studying the tough, gnarled, weather-beaten shell, one marvels at its remarkable protection of the seed, lying inside, inert and seemingly lifeless. Hickory seeds, I read, remain alive for years within the rugged shell. Burying the shell in a sandy margin by the beach road, I wonder when the shell’s exterior will break apart, freeing the seed to germinate and grow.
— Diary, autumn 2009
From the diary of beach walker George Thatcher, a retired banker, of Gulfport. E-mail: fishcrow@aol.com. A fourth volume of Thatcher’s work, “A Decade of Beach Walks,” is available in bookstores and gift shops and at the South Mississippi Store link to sunherald.com.
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