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• Have you ever felt you're in one of those edge places when you're away from the ocean? To me, all the edge places I can think of are on the ocean -- not a lake or a river, not in the mountains although they are breathtaking and majestic. The places I've been which come to mind include the west coast of Ireland, the east coast of Newfoundland, the west coast of Vancouver Island and Santorini (one of the Greek islands). In all of those places, I've felt a sense of history, of lives lived and somehow imprinted on the very earth and yet they hold infinite promise as well, as there's no land to be seen or reached by boat for thousands of miles if you head in the right direction. (NT) -- Carla, 18:53:13 07/07/09 Tue
  • If you ever saw Loch Ness, you'd understand how all kinds of strange stories arise from it. That is the blackest water I've ever seen in my life. Spooky. (NT) -- E, 21:02:26 07/07/09 Tue
    • I've been to Loch Ness and I think because I was there during the day, it was sunny, there were lots of tourists about it didn't feel so mystical to me. Growing up on the edge of the North Atlantic, I'm used to looking down into water so dark and cold you can't see anything below the surface, which does, I agree, lead to that sense that there are things down there we as humans could never understand or even imagine. (NT) -- Carla, 05:54:53 07/08/09 Wed
      • You were lucky - it's not usually sunny there! To me, if I can't see my hand when I dip it in the water, it's scary. I also agree about the ocean, especially if one cannot see land and the skies aren't so clear. Yikes, talk about frightening. (NT) -- E, 07:11:21 07/08/09 Wed
        • I don't think of the ocean (or most bodies of water) so much as frightening as something you need to be very respectful and mindful of, never take it for granted, never trust it fully and never turn your back. Although I suppose most people would fear something they regarded in such ways. I, however, love the ocean and can watch it in all its moods; I particularly like to watch storms on the ocean, that kind of power is awe-inspiring to me. Unlike, Pamela, however, I have no urge to actually go INTO the ocean during a storm :) (NT) -- Carla, 13:58:48 07/08/09 Wed
          • Many times I've been out fishing on a big lake, far from land, and when I look down to where the line meets the water, I often think of what might be lurking down there, just waiting to appear. My idea of perfection would be to live on a boat, named The Answer. (NT) -- E, 15:11:56 07/08/09 Wed
          • (Btw, I stole that name from the old TV show, Harry O, with David Janssen - anybody remember him? That was the name of his boat.) (NT) -- E, 15:16:17 07/08/09 Wed
  • I have felt it away from the ocean, definitely. Usually it's at the edge of two different elements, admittedly, but I've felt it in other places too- where strange energy lingers etc, we have a spot like that here in Quesnel- where you feel like you could step out of this world into a far darker one, I don't go there because I hate the way I feel there. Sometimes even a building can feel that way, depending on its history. (NT) -- celtgirl, 22:40:04 07/07/09 Tue

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• I know you are drawn to the magical and mystical, and I really didn't think you placed that 8 fingered fish in the story for the reasons I proposed, but I let my imagination run away with the idea and had fun with it. Hey, maybe subconsciously that was your reasoning! (NT) -- Denise, 18:58:16 07/07/09 Tue
  • I was agreeing with you, Denise- it is a creature of two worlds, its fossilized footprints here in this one, but its life long gone in another. (NT) -- celtgirl, 22:43:33 07/07/09 Tue