Skimmers!

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We just put up a beautiful photo of some black skimmers in our creative writing hallway.  The phot0 is by MFA graduate, Eric Vithalani, who is a fantastic nature photographer. 

 

I have framed the short essay below and asked permission to hang it below Eric’s photo.  This piece appeared in Orion a while back. I might have posted the text here before, but I like the way the original looked in the mag so here it is again:

 

 

 

 

 



  1. monica wood writes:

    The first time I ever saw a skimmer–and I’d been waiting all my life–I saw about 200 of them on a sandbar and nearly dropped my teeth. Skimmers indeed!

    Thanks for this one, David. XO

  2. monica wood writes:

    The first time I ever saw a skimmer–and I’d been waiting all my life–I saw about 200 of them on a sandbar and nearly dropped my teeth. Skimmers indeed!