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A blue heron lifts from a buoy ... It notes us with a rasping pterodactyl croak...
Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 63.
PIACE: Northern Quebec (a fishing village)
TIME: 1972
CIRCUMSTANCE:
In the sun the berries were so blue they seemed lit up from within. Falling into the cup they made a plink like water.
Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 86.
PIACE: Northern Quebec
TIME: 1972
CIRCUMSTANCE:
I heard a sound, human sound. At first it was like an outboard starting; then it was a snare. Chainsaw, I could see them now, two men in yellow helmets ... Advance men, agents. Swish and crackle as the tree tottered, whump and splash as it hit.
Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 113.
PIACE: Northern Quebec
TIME: 1972
CIRCUMSTANCE:
The wind ... blowing crossweep over the lake. The surface corrugated, water flopping against the shore.
Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p. 117.
PIACE: Northern Quebec
TIME: 1972
CIRCUMSTANCE:
The bass was fierce...It spat water from its undershot jaw with a hissing sound...
Margaret Atwood, Surfacing, McClelland & Stewart Ltd., Toronto, 1972, p.120.
PIACE: Northern Quebec
TIME: 1972
CIRCUMSTANCE:
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