5/13/2023 0 Comments Rachel carson the seaHere at her home that she called “Silverledges,” the pull of the moon is palpable, audible in the shifting tides. She delights in bunchberries, the tiny wildflowers that look like fairy-sized dogwood trees, the crunch of reindeer moss, the plaintive evensongs of the wood thrush, Hermit Thrush (click media player below) and veery. She scurries down the slope with him bundled in a blanket to feel a storm and surging tides. You discover Rachel’s constant surprise and joy in the small sights and sounds in the woods through which she rambled with her son Roger when he was just a toddler. And you find here the sources of her love. But to enter this pine-paneled stretch of rooms with its picture windows to the sea and sunsets is to discover Rachel Carson’s sense of wonder, her ability to imagine the genesis of the oceans, the evolution of living creatures, her feeling of awe in the face of such majesty and mystery. Like Carson, the cottage seems reserved, a bit old-fashioned, occasionally lonely. Rachel Carson’s summer cottage in Southport, Maine sits amidst spruce and pine atop a rocky bluff overlooking tidal pools and gulls and lobster boats. Rachel Carson’s Cottage at the Edge of the Sea
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