I built a driftwood fort for a friend, a good writer’s fort complete with a slab of cedar for a good ass-to-chair writer’s seat. The fort is decorated with a 2×4, painted orange, aged by the ocean, and wedged into an aesthetically pleasing position. I tied blue and green ropes around the spars. They provide stability and attractive swatches of color. I placed a sand dollar inside and assembled a cairn in front.<\/p>\n
Making forts has kept me sane.<\/p>\n
Right now, as I write in longhand in a blue book, I am sitting on that slab of cedar. I survey the world around me:<\/p>\n
Clammers clam in the background. A few weeks ago, two elderly women on Long Beach died while clamming at night. The ocean swept them away. No one heard a thing. Dying while clamming at night. I’m still considering the poetry or farce or (?) of those deaths.<\/p>\n
A friend recently wrote that I will probably never have anonymity on the Oregon Coast, even the remote southern area. That statement shook me.<\/p>\n
A lone crabber bobs on the gray ocean.<\/p>\n
Black and gray cumulus clouds contrast with the bright blue sky.<\/p>\n
Traces of snow remain in the dunes.<\/p>\n
The jetty is deserted.<\/p>\n
Maybe anonymity isn’t what I need. Maybe I should show my face around even more and walk the opposite direction of anonymity. How does one ever know in situation such as mine?<\/p>\n
A lot has happened in the past year. I have no idea where I’ll go after I sell the house. Will I land in a place where I can continue my ongoing, anonymous driftwood fort art, amusement, shelter and physical and spiritual installation project? Perhaps not. Perhaps there will be a hiatus.<\/p>\n
I want to see a coyote on a beach. It’s been a while. Too long.<\/p>\n
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