Turtles, December 19, 2009

Turtles December 19

I just learned that turtles are nesting on Ghanaian beaches during November and December. Too late for me now, but I will see them next year. I was on the first plane into Costa Rica after a hurricane during nesting season, but the roads to beaches were still closed. Missed nesting in Mexico by days, and Carolina coast by default. But I will see them next year,

I remember a book, but don’t remember the author or title. (Bryant and Ken go, “Yep, that’s Dorothy’s World.”) But what I do remember is reading it in one afternoon, and the light in my room seemed to be filtered through aquarium glass. Then they made a movie, (Glenda Jackson, maybe?) and for days the light around me was filtered and I could summon the feeling of being underwater.

Now, behind my eyelids, I am swimming in that grey-green opaque water, alongside a turtle who is already older than I will ever be, as she steadfastly continues to do her part to keep the universe in balance.