Hudson - Litchfield News 8 - July 15, 2011
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by Suzanne Hebert, UNH Cooperative Extension Master There is very little sea glass on the
beach this year. I try to smother the disappointment that threatens to squeeze in. The waves are bigger than usual, pounding the sand. They rise, pause, and loom, then crash in a white froth that ends in a trickle as their energy is spent. So far, this trip has yielded only pieces of sand dollars.
My daughter patiently waits, floating in the ocean on her surfboard. The black of her wetsuit makes it easy to see her small, youthful frame, silhouetted against the dark blue-green Atlantic water. She is new to surfing. She paddles hard with her arms as the water rises behind her and shakes her head when it continues forward without her. I sense her disappointment. The sun shimmers on the salt water at the distant horizon line. I can barely hear the drone of a single-engine plane as it moves down the coastline. The tide is coming in—the water inching its way to where I sit. My toes are buried in the sand at last night’s high-water line, and I wonder if the incoming water will reach me. When my daughters and I picked this
beach cottage through an Internet search, we didn’t know it was in the same set of cottages my parents had rented 40 years ago. My memories of this beach, then, are dim. Maybe the only reason I can conjure up that time in my childhood is because I’ve seen the slide of my sister and me playing in the sand with plastic buckets and shovels. The image was large on the white sheet hanging in the family room when my dad hauled out the projector and we would relive the family vacation. The seaweed is scattered in haphazard
lines. Bits of wood, straw-like sticks and lathe from old lobster traps have become driftwood. There are small blue and yellow rubber bands, presumably off the claws of lobsters. Bits of unidentifiable plastic from unknown human sources contrast against
the natural black of the seaweed and the white of the sand. Numerous, large clam shells lie split open in random places where the waves have deposited them. I see people walking with these treasures in their hands. I do the same. But my daughters no longer want to walk with me looking for gifts from the sea. The days of toddler legs running to the water’s edge with me hovering close have passed. Instead they are clad in bikinis that show the figures of young women.
As the tide continues to rise and fall, so do our lives. Later in the day I walk alone again, searching. This time, I am lucky. Nestled in the sand face-up is a small, perfect sand dollar. I gently cradle it in my hand, excited to bring it back to show my girls.
The seagulls skitter along the water’s edge, facing up the beach into the wind. Why do they do this? The rocks are tumbled smooth by the sand as they roll in and out with the waves. I carefully side- step around the jagged edges of broken clam shells in my bare feet. Some days my teenage daughters smile at me, acknowledge me, and I remember being a rock in their lives. Some days, I am smooth, and some days, I am still jagged. I pause, close my eyes, breathe in the salty air, and listen to the waves break, hopeful for a smile when I unfurl my fingers and show them the fragile sand dollar with the perfect star etched on the top. It survived the rough-and-tumble
environment of its home. We will, too. Auxiliaries Deliver Students’ Letters to MooreMart
submitted by Robert J. Everett, President, VFW Men’s Auxiliary 5791 In cooperation with area schools, Hudson Memorial VFW Post 5791 with its Men’s and Ladies Auxiliaries, were able to deliver well over 1,000 letters written by area students to MooreMart recently. These letters were placed in over 1,500 MooreMart care packages that were then sent to deployed Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. The Hudson Memorial Post and its Auxiliaries would like to thank the Hudson and Litchfield School Districts and Presentation of Mary Academy and their staff and students who participated on this project.
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VFW Men’s Auxiliary President Rob Everett (right) presents letters from local schoolchildren to MooreMart volunteers at their recent packing event at the Nashua Armory
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The College of Design at the University of Kentucky is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Douglas Appler to the Helen Edwards Abell Chair in Historic Preservation. The position is
a one-year visiting appointment that begins August 2011. Professor Appler has recently completed his doctorate in City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. He defended his dissertation, “Understanding the Community Benefits of City Archaeology Programs,” in June. In addition to his quite impressive scholarly record, Professor Appler has worked as a county and regional planner, serving most recently as Planning and Zoning Director for Madison County, Georgia. He is a 1995 graduate of Alvirne High School and is the son of Dr. and Mrs. David Appler of Hudson.
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