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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

THE TIDES WITHIN US

My friend Colette at Raw Art Letterpress has created an original handmade letterpress print of the last line of my book, DEEP BLUE HOME.

Some of you may remember that for the release of that book last year she also made a print called Breathe.

Here are a few other favorites.

Her shop is on Etsy, her prices extremely reasonable, and here are the links:

RANDOM EXCERPT FROM "DEEP BLUE HOME:" THE TRUTH ABOUT BARNACLES

"Not only are barnacles hermaphrodites, with two sets of genitalia, they are also in possession of the longest penis in relation to body size of any animal on Earth, up to eight times their body length. When the mood is right and the waters begin to warm the tiny creatures snake their appendages out their doors to fertilize the eggs of their neighbors. The favor is reciprocated by the same neighbor, by a different one, or by many. Barnacles living alone fertilize themselves."

DEEP BLUE HOME

Chapter 8

The Unreefed World

Photo by Christopher Neufeld at LiveScience

RANDOM EXCERPT FROM "DEEP BLUE HOME:" SEA TURTLES IN THE ICE REALM

"It's not surprising to see a leatherback up here
on the edge of the ice, since this is one of the most traveled
of all vertebrate species, perpetually on the move along
jellyfish highways between the tropics and the high latitudes."

DEEP BLUE HOME
-Chapter 14
The Distant Geography of Water

Photo courtesy COML.org

SWIMMING TOWARD THE LIGHT

The book is really on its way.

Working through copyediting,
proofreading, blurbing, printing,
and all the months of detail work
between typing The End
and appearing on the New Nonfiction rack.

Birth date 9 July 2010.

I'm starting to feel a flutter in my stomach.