Our last harvest for this set of tides was Monday. My friend Maria showed up on Sunday afternoon- fresh from a permaculture course she took in Southern Maine. Lovely gal she is, I put her right to work packaging seaweed, and she taught me a beautiful song while we worked. “I’ve got this everlasting light/ [...]

Casey and I have been talking about what it means to be kinesthetic and visual learners. I have been learning this trade for more or less three years, this being my fourth summer on the water. At the beginning of the season I will usually make a mental list of some of the information I [...]

Monday we will harvest. Larch had a crew of boys for the bulk of the harvest season mid May to the end of June. Now the ladies step in. My friend Casey arrived yesterday; she is getting body work from Larch downstairs. Monday we will paddle out like ducklings in the fog. Our external compass [...]