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...year-old boy back in 1915. He was looking for water but instead kept tripping over the "floaters," as surface opals are called. Few floaters are seen now; the opals are all underground, embedded in deep layers of soft sandstone. This whole area, millions of years ago, was ocean floor. So it is relatively easy to mine, and since opal mining is entirely an individual business, like California gold mining back in 1849, it has never been industrialized...
...ocean has long been the lifeblood of the New England economy, and all along the coast fishing, whaling and shipping ports testify to the crucial role the sea has played in the history of the region...
...ocean has long been the lifeblood of theNew England economy, and all along the coastfishing, whaling and shipping ports testify to thecrucial role the sea has played in the history ofthe region...
Which doesn't mean I really understand the politics. Trying to grasp what I read in the papers each morning is a bit like trying to solve a Rubik's cube in the dark on a ship sinking in the ocean in the middle of a storm. Trying to sort out the betrayals and the counter-betrayals and the deepseated animosities between the two groups is a task I believe to be beyond anyone lacking advanced degrees in theology, political science, sociology and counter-terrorism. In fact, I have yet to meet anyone--native or otherwise--who claims to understand...
...Marshmallow Man in Ghostbusters. His shoes don't fit; his hatband leaves a mark. He can barely see his feet, at which his children gather, look up and can barely see his head. And the weight! I have tried to dredge my father from his ocean floor for nearly 25 years, since he went down, at the fairly young age of 67. In a decade or so, I will be older that he is, or was, yet I come no closer to reaching him now than when I was a kid. Old as I get, I shall never be smarter...