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Day 173: Octopus love

By: Vanessa Wamsley January 20, 2019August 7, 2019

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I fell in love with Mr. Octopus when I walked into a November craft fair and spotted him across the room: towering above the sand and rock, beak reaching to the water’s surface over stiff extended arms, skin red, suction cups at attention.

Day 88: Snorkeling with puffers, day and night

By: Vanessa Wamsley October 29, 2018August 7, 2019

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I had the pleasure this weekend, to make the acquaintance of a very large white-spotted pufferfish during an afternoon snorkel. He and I first locked gazes underwater, his black eyes encircled by bright white rings and stark toothy beak in a wide O, as surprised to meet me as I was to spot him, perhaps?

Day 59: Changing my stripes

By: Vanessa Wamsley September 27, 2018September 27, 2018

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While I was planning two years of leisurely writing on a deserted beach, circumstances that would offer me an opportunity to change my plans on Kwajalein were gathering in the water and eventually washed up on my shore.