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About 30 miles north of Bellingham in the Salish Sea.
Photo from Peace Arch News.
It was in 1970 that I was first made aware of the plight of the Humpback Whale through Judy Collins' version of "Farewell to Tarwathie":
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I love them so much. I did just read an article about their "comeback" that was quite heartening. Every time I've seen one -- any kind of whale, really -- my heart just leaps. Back before I had ever seen one, when I used to live in NYC with my baby Sophie, I'd get away from it all and sit under the giant replica of a blue whale that hung from the ceiling of the Museum of Natural History. Sophie was soothed by it back then, too.
It's been a very long time since I listened to that song. Such a sound, beautiful poetics of such a heartbreaking time. I so love the Humpbacks.
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