Sunday, May 12, 2013

Day 12: Harbor and Manana Island


Manana Island, a tiny land mass just across the harbor from Monhegan, is another of many favorite painters' subjects.  It is rugged and different in every light.  This view is in the evening, just before the sun goes behind and turns it very dark and forboding.  In the morning light, it is green and cheerful, but after sunset, all bets are off.  The Coast Guard has a fog signal on Manana, and we lay awake on several stormy nights listening to the signal, and wondering what it would mean for a fisherman who couldn't make it to shore in time to hear that low, hoarse sound--the difference between life and death. (Also, today is Mother's Day, and I heard from my kids.  It is a great honor for me to be their mother.  We have learned a lot from each other.)    

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