Thursday, December 22, 2011

On the North Coast



Christmas last year featured deep snow and frozen fields but Portstewart today was unusually mild.



We had coffee on "the prom" and watched the sea shift through a galaxy of greys and greens.



Another wonder has illuminated the Christmas season and made me an uncle.



It's a time of change for everyone but the seafront's almost unaltered since I waddled along it with my grandmother three decades ago.



The Atlantic air guarantees you a good night's sleep and the horizon stills your soul. This is why I miss the cragged concrete and the lonely huts of a cherished dimple of a town on the north face of Ireland.

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