Whale Watching

mind. His own voice, a calm voice, that sought to override his sense of panic. This voice wanted him to stop and confront his fears, to see them for what they really were. There is no danger, said the sensible voice. There is nobody chasing you, watching you. Eric slowed his pace. “Keep running,” urged something as it slithered beneath an overturned stump, its shiny scales reflecting the starlight. And he almost listened to the small, hissing voice, almost sped up again. But then Eric…

her baby held out — as in how many used heavy Kleenex, spit-back candies, wads of chewed-out gum in how many theaters, airports, backseats, tournament lounges? O. stood there, he says, hefting a cold clod, playing with the Velcro on his puffy coat, watching as the Moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching, her lowering face with its presbyopic squint, suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to I.D. what it was I held out, countenancing evidence of oral contact with same. He remembers her face…

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Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial, Lisboa. 73 pp. Au, W.W.L. 1993. The Sonar of Dolphins. New York, SpringerVerlag. 297 pp. Baker, C.S. & Macgibbon, J. 1991. Responses of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus to commercial whale watching boats off the coast of Kaikoura. In Cascão I. (2001) Measuring the impacts resulting from interactions between approaching boats and resident bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), in the Sado estuary, Portugal. Relatório de…

things about her from anyone who ever knew her. More than the details, I especially remember feeling cared for and content when my grandma Eileen was there. My sister Jill, two years older than me, was the first to start school. I can remember watching her enviously, my nose pressed up against the living room picture window, as she’?d walk down to the end of the driveway to catch the school bus. I was excited for her but felt left out; I wanted to go, too. Even then, at the age of three or so,

not too young to be mightily interested. It wasn’t until the ground had changed into a tiny patchwork quilt that she withdrew her nose, and faced her mother again. “Will we soon be in the city, Mamma?” she asked, rubbing her chilled nose, and watching with interest as the patch of moisture which her breath had formed on the pane shrank slowly and vanished. “In about half an hour, dear.” Then, with just the faintest trace of anxiety, “Aren’t you glad we’re going? Don’t you think…

and hauling stands what I am, Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary, Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an impalpable certain rest, Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next, Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering at it. Revista Letras Fafibe, Bebedouro-SP, 4 (1), 2014. 63 Backward I see in my own days where I sweated through fog with linguists and contenders, I have no mockings or arguments, I witness and wait. 5 I believe in…

More people live in cities today than ever before, and many feel the need to occasionally escape to more natural surroundings. The beauty and quiet of coniferous forests draw many visitors for hiking, horseback riding, skiing, fishing, hunting, bird watching, or just sitting and listening to the sounds of nature. Other resources Forest rivers are often dammed to provide a source of water for hydroelectric power. Norway, Sweden, Canada, and Switzerland rely heavily on hydroelectricity.…