God’s royal artery
A compelling way to single out a great river and to map the world's waterways - as so many veins...
Lime-green river
In the context of Gormenghast, this intriguing river colour would unlikely be a sign of toxic effluent or bloom, so...
Sun-splashy ripples
You can feel the warmth of a summer day with diaphanous wings darting over glittering ripples.
'She heard the rustling...
Bubble-whitened water
Bubbles blow and roll through Williamson's prose, through the ebullition of both water and otters. Otters blow bubbles when they...
Glittering as though sugared
Ah yes, that's how it looks when you have those dancing sparkles on the sea's surface. I like the extension...
Slate-color water
Our capacity to name colours in all their rich and detailed variegations is surprisingly limited, and so the recourse to...
Water-logged air
I have only once or twice experienced levels of humidity that could be described as 'water-logged air': years ago during...
Light-laden drops
When did you last stop to study a light-laden drop of water, seeing in it a convex-reflected cosmos? You have,...
Aquatic Englishmen
It can be fun to see ourselves as others see us. Here Donald Hall's Romanian hosts are baffled by and...
An unmapped river
A marvelous image for human destinies, usually well hidden no matter the efforts we make to discern them. Since this...
Syke (or sike)
Scottish & N. English: Alternative spelling of 'sike' meaning a small stream or rill, typically one that flows through marshy...
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