SALEM IS MY DWELLING PLACE
REFLECTION ON COLLINS COVE
The cove on most days, except for hot summer days when the regular beach goers congregate, is a solitary place where we can touch the sea's pulse, feel its immutable power and contemplate our place in nature. Such notions call to mind the words of Nathaniel Hawthorne in his, "Foot-Prints on the Sea-Shore" where he wrote, "When, therefore, the yearning for seclusion becomes a necessity within me, I am drawn to the sea-shore, which extends its line of rude rocks and seldom-trodden sands, for leagues around our bay." Living not far from Collins Cove, it is likely this native son walked this cove's shores contemplating the life of Salem found in his writings.
