Beautiful evocations of ocean, and humans within that world. The stories touched me at a point of my own bewilderment, to do with rescue, whether through circumstance or whether by the kindness of the passing stranger, both with their feel of miracle. But so random. So many in similar circumstances and no rescuer appears. So a rescue gives rise to gratitude but also guilt. Why this time and not others? I love that the shark was the rescuer in this story, and such tender care given to the ladybugs. Wonderful.
Such a perceptive comment Carolyn. I love how you draw attention to the inherent paradox(es) in rescue, the questions. Your response makes more sense of these two stories for me. Thank you.
Enjoyed the come-and-go between the story strands in this one. That original newspaper article about Henre is very much of its time: "the shark is a coward, and must be angry to attack" .. yes, let's just rile one of those scaredy-cat sharks and see where it gets us..! :)
Beautiful evocations of ocean, and humans within that world. The stories touched me at a point of my own bewilderment, to do with rescue, whether through circumstance or whether by the kindness of the passing stranger, both with their feel of miracle. But so random. So many in similar circumstances and no rescuer appears. So a rescue gives rise to gratitude but also guilt. Why this time and not others? I love that the shark was the rescuer in this story, and such tender care given to the ladybugs. Wonderful.
Such a perceptive comment Carolyn. I love how you draw attention to the inherent paradox(es) in rescue, the questions. Your response makes more sense of these two stories for me. Thank you.
Enjoyed the come-and-go between the story strands in this one. That original newspaper article about Henre is very much of its time: "the shark is a coward, and must be angry to attack" .. yes, let's just rile one of those scaredy-cat sharks and see where it gets us..! :)
Yes! I loved his quote too, such magnificent bravado. I’m glad you liked the come-and-go: very experimental storytelling playtime on my part.
I once saw a spider in my bathroom the size of a Buick. Or maybe that was in a movie.