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To some people, the smell of decaying vegetation and other sea life at the shore this afternoon is somewhat offensive, but to me it is tonic. It brings one a sense of reality. The beach is not always a scene of spectacular sunsets and balmy sea breezes. There is death here too, as the remains of a catfish at water’s edge testifies. Even in death, there is life. The catfish attracts numbers of insects and shorebirds in nature’s remarkable economy. — 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 or by calling 800-343-1583.
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