margins

It was an unusual time to be thinking about work, but there I was on a late-August morning, and Peak's Island off the coast of Maine was in glorious summer form.  Small enough to walk around in an hour or so, the island is filled with delightful, charming summer cottages - not a "McMansion" in sight.   In the early light, my thoughts had been silenced as I savored the beauty of the coastal wetlands and meadows filled with wildflowers, grasses and sedge.  I was totally absorbed by the