That quote was just me remembering my times in bays and on fog filled nights. I grew up eating salt air and I recall the night fishermen, some of them pretty scary characters worthy of a bit of litererary reminiscing and only a person whose lived by the sea knows the habits of the gulls and their endless circling dance in the sky as they scavenge for some food below. Anyone who has experienced the fog from the sea never forgets it. So thick that you can't see five feet in front of you and muffles sound while leading to disorientation.
A million stories and novels can be spawned like grunion in a run on the sand, from the romance of the sea, stars, beaches, bays and ports of the world.
It's fun to see the contrasts now. From the vast seas, a world where water dominates - to the vast desert, a place where water dominates only by its absence.
A toast to all the fiction writers past and present who, contrary to popular perception, help make reality more real.
;-)
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