So refreshing. I’m grateful to D.K. McCutcheon, and a little envious too, for having written and updated his Whale Winds piece, which to me read like a classic, and comes to us via the hard-working Identity Theory.
Highly recommended. Just take a look at this.
I suddenly know where the odd sea-monster drawings in the museums come from. I see these creatures that I am just beginning to recognize as individuals—Mauveen and Knottyhead, Kleenex, Punctuation, and the high-spirited Admiral our tail-stirrer—and they’ve turned into incomprehensible beings simply by opening their mouths.
…"Now I know why their tails are so big!" Marilyn says softly, "They have to be incredibly powerful to push that mass of water forward, like dragging a bucket over the side when the boat is moving."
And here’s a recent picture of Admiral, the right whale matriarch of Maine waters. it’s dated last April 7th, and is the last known picture of her.
Kit Stolz 
Thanks for the positive comments on Whale Winds. I wish the editor hadn’t toasted the caption for Admiral (though otherwise did a fine job with the pics). It was exciting to find that picture of her, when we all thought she’d died from her entanglement wounds. Meant to end on a positive note (for a change). D.K. by the way, is female.
Cheers,
deb
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Interesting to hear your perspective. Thanks for the comment, Deb.
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