As an ardent citizen of the United States of America I enjoy politics and debate, but the current climate is so very noxious that no true discourse seems possible. We're all at our keyboards in our little offices, caves, couches, and rumpus rooms tweeting, FaceBooking, and commenting, and it's all filled with...Hate. The four-letter word that poisons our happiness, … Continue reading Christianity and Culture: One Woman’s Worldview
Month: March 2015
Essex Salt Marsh Panorama
The beautiful place I live in…
Still frozen, the Essex Salt Marsh panorama was taken yesterday.
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As we were talking about salt marshes on a recent podcast, the following is information provided by the Massachusetts Bays Program:
The Essex Salt Marsh is part of the 17,000 acre Great Marsh that extends from Cape Ann into New Hampshire. Salt marshes are found in coastal areas. These unique ecosystems are formed within protective estuaries and support numerous plants and animals. Salt marshes are among the most productive lands on earth, outcompeting even the best-managed farms. Two-thirds of all marine fish and shellfish depend on salt marshes during some portion of their lives.
Salt marshes are divided into two general vegetation zones. The Low Marsh is flooded twice daily by the incoming tide and is dominated by Spartina alternifolia (low salt marsh grass). The High Marsh is flooded sporadically and is dominated by Spartina patens (high salt marsh…
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Here Be Dragons: Twitter’s Stormy Seas
Hands down the most helpful information I have sourced on publishing and even creative writing itself has been through Twitter. I opened an account years ago just to check it out and then ignored it for a good five years because my life got really complicated. In a six month stretch I had a … Continue reading Here Be Dragons: Twitter’s Stormy Seas
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