Tag: weather


  • A Crack in the Lens

    I woke to the sound of the wind this morning. It was a low howl that seemed to rise from the sea itself. It curled around the lighthouse like a living thing. The air was heavy with salt. The kind of damp that clings to your skin leaves a faint crust on the edges of…

  • First Time Using the Foghorn in the Lighthouse

    The thing about fog is that it doesn’t arrive with drama. There’s no warning crack of thunder or gust of wind. It just slips in slow and quiet, swallowing the horizon before you even realize it’s gone. I’d been at the lighthouse less than a week when I met my first real fog. The kind…

  • The Sea Speaks in Storms: Why Weather Comes First

    You learn quickly out here that the sea has moods. They shift without warning sometimes but there’s always a pattern if you know where to look. One of the first things they told me when I took over this post was simple but absolute—weather comes first. Before anything else. Before tea or coffee before checking…