From the April 19, 1985 edition by Richard Reston:
Opinion
Looking back at 2015, here are a selection of nature writings throughout the year from the Gazette.
The first night in the country/I woke in the dark dark —/put my hand in front of my face/and couldn’t tell my hand/was there.
Cape Pogue bay scallops graced the White House table in the ‘60s. At least two shipments were known to have found their way from Oscar C. Pease’s...
The job of Mother doesn’t require an interview. It doesn’t even ask for a resume. Almost everyone with minimal qualifications gets hired.
At Christmas there is giving, and in the happiest instances, giving with joy is part of it. This act of love is not a natural instinct.
Hokule’a is a replica of the vessels used by Polynesians to settle the Pacific Ocean a thousand years before the arrival of Europeans.
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Letters to the Editor
I’m not sure why I’m writing this letter. Perhaps it’s a reminder that cherished friends are to be visited more often.
If you believe nature is against us, let’s not just shoot all our deer, let’s wipe out the bunnies, chipmunks, and skunks while we’re at it.
I recently read an article by Skip Finley referring to Inkwell Beach mentioning it had been called that since the 1800s.