The Ephemeral Nature of Sand

Submitted by Jennifer to the Women Mind the Water digital stories project, in conjunction with the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street storytelling website and traveling exhibition "Water/Ways."

This story was recorded at the School for the Environment, UMASS Boston.

"So, I love sand. I love the way it looks. I love the way it feels. Even sometimes I like the way it smells. I like how it soaks up the warmth from the sun and feels so great when you’re walking in it. I love how it is equally cold in the winter time and hard and how the texture of It changes and the hardness of it changes and everything about it. But I also like how ephemeral it is. That one minute you can build a huge sandcastle, a village of life, and the next minute it washes away. And, then when you look more closely, all the critters that live in it; all the little bubbles, the air bubbles that you see in it when the water comes and goes. It’s all amazing to me. It’s just this huge diversity of textures and smells and critters and seasons and really shows the ephemeralness of life."

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