Sep 09
Skimmers!
categories: Cocktail Hour
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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:
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
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!