11 November 2022

Defined by the Sea

Marconi Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Age by age, the sea here gives battle to the land;
age by age, the earth struggles for her own,
calling to her defence her energies and her creations,
bidding her plants steal down upon the beach, and
holding the frontier sands in a net of grass and roots which the storms wash free.

The great rhythms of nature... have here their spacious and primeval liberty;


HENRY BESTON, The Outermost House

Marconi Beach: ... where the clouds ramble freely...

Marconi Beach: ... and the sea comes close...

Marconi Beach: ... shaping the character...

Marconi Beach: ... with sheer power...

Marconi Beach: ... while the land musters all her energies...

Marconi Beach: ... in response...

Marconi Beach: ... I wonder...

Marconi Beach: ... about these slipping sands...

Marconi Beach: ... and trees...

Marconi Beach: ... holding on...

Marconi Beach: ... until the last wave...