Scenes from the Beach | February 12, 2017
A small, 10-power, magnifying glass fits comfortably in my jacket pocket. Through the years, it has been an essential tool for beach walking, transforming mundane objects into magical reality. Under its lens, a grain of sand becomes a luminous, crystal boulder. The spiral of a seashell is changed into a double helix. Altering the appearance of barnacles on driftwood into remarkable rows of strong armaments, the magnifying lens also changes dune grass into a virtual forest.
Diary, winter 2017
From the diary of beach walker George Thatcher,
email: fishcrow@aol.com. Collections of Mr. Thatcher’s observations are available from Quail Ridge Press, www.quailridge.com or 800-343-1583.
This story was originally published February 12, 2017 at 3:50 AM with the headline "Scenes from the Beach | February 12, 2017."