Driving over the canal that links the delaware bay with the atlantic ocean you take a hairpin right turn thru cornfields that are rapidly giving way to McMansions. Nestled behind a mature row of 30′ cypress trees is a small, one story, cedar clad cottage. Dark brown with age and framed by trees that in the winter resemble a collection of broken umbrellas.
It’s well after midnight and the few lights I have left on give a warm golden glow thru the windows. There is a full moon this evening in an unusually clement January. I throw open the doors to the screened in porch and listen to the coyote’s yelping. Everything outside is silver, the moonlight provides the illusion that very light snow has fallen. The moonlight always provides.
There’s a bottle of Malbec I m about to open.
I was going to go down to the beach and see the moon on the water. But instead I pour myself a glass of wine. I will sip it on the porch until I fall asleep.
Regarding insurance: We took our studio to digital back in 1994… you wouldn’t believe what a 3 megapixel camera cost! Three years later it wouldn’t buy you a fry-up. Digital equip. is actually more like a consumable supply, like paperclips and masking tape. Don’t waste your money on insurance.