# 6204-06 / the shore ~ riding it out

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Ornithologists concluded that migratory birds take hundreds of naps as they fly: they also practice unilateral eye closure, in which one eye closes, thereby permitting half the brain to sleep. Is this what happens when photographers close one eye to look through a viewfinder. If so, they might be operating with only half a brain. Perhaps that explains… ~ Bill Jay

I AM CURRENTLY AT THE SOUTH JERSEY SHORE FOR MY annual tour of hell on earth. Fortunately, this week hell is much cooler than usual. Maybe the horned guy is outa town and the furnace stokers are slacking off.

In any event, the fact is that I have something to look forward to. At the end of my week in hell, we move on to heaven on earth, or at least a part of it, for our annual 5 week Summer into Autumn stay at our Adirondack retreat, aka: Rist Camp. Although we will have visitors from time to time, it’s a protracted period of quiet isolation on hill top overlooking a lake with the Adirondack High Peaks as a backdrop.

PS I am quite pleased that I do not have to close one eye to look through a viewfinder when using the iPhone. Cuz, that way-with both eyes open-I can operate it using both sides of my brain.