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Eloquent scribing style.
Cool story as well.

posted by coolacen on January 23, 2007 at 10:29 AM | link to this | reply

Wonderful done!

posted by _Symphony_ on January 16, 2007 at 6:33 AM | link to this | reply

Marie-Claire
Phew..! I feel like I am on holiday too. It's something I wonder too, whether animals know we are watching them - do you sometimes feel an affinity with pets..? I know I do. We are all God's creatures, and I would so love to see a whale one day. Enjoy your trip..!

posted by mneme on January 13, 2007 at 4:30 AM | link to this | reply

I really like the style of this...I was there. Sounds as if you are having
a good time!

posted by muser on January 12, 2007 at 11:48 PM | link to this | reply

Tony,
Don't talk to me about thrills, i am overwhelmed--- whales or no whales, i had a whale of a time. Now, i feel as flat as a pancake on a rock,,, a pun, it is an actual place. I will take a walk around town, see what mischief I can get into, and then run away, ha ha.

posted by marieclaire66 on January 12, 2007 at 1:48 PM | link to this | reply

Great piece, MC, capturing the aspects of the whale watching trip,
encompassing the whales and the humans' oddities of behaviour. Very strong ending, too, I thought. It is just a thrill, isn't it? Then we move on like locusts to the next crop... But perhaps we shouldn't feel too guilty - after all, we're just behaving naturally, the way we are made.

posted by Antonionioni on January 12, 2007 at 11:41 AM | link to this | reply

marieclaire
I have one of those boxes filled with memories of experiences of which you speak.  And yes, buried somewhere in the hoard is one of whales leaping as I watched from the cliffs of Ecola in Oregon.  Good writing.

posted by TAPS. on January 12, 2007 at 10:26 AM | link to this | reply

We have whale watching tours here as well and you describe the role of hungry tourist as well as the performing wale so vividly. What a wonderful piece, Marieclaire!

posted by Troosha on January 12, 2007 at 9:44 AM | link to this | reply

Very nicely written .

posted by afzal50 on January 12, 2007 at 4:52 AM | link to this | reply