04 Saturday Nov 2017
Posted in message in a bottle, ocean currents
They went looking for trash. What they found was pure treasure: A 1988 message in a bottle.
David Humphries cleaning Nanny Goat Beach. Photo: Linda Humprhies.
Linda and David Humphries were cleaning up Nanny Goat Beach–which obviously has the best beach name ever–in the wake of Hurricane Irma on October 14th, 2017, when David stumbled upon a piece of paper in a bottle. Continue reading
29 Sunday Oct 2017
Posted in message in a bottle, News
On May 30th, 2007, a couple from Little Rock, Arkansas were on a cruise when they decided to send a message in a bottle. Their message was sweet and simple. A few years later, my mom found this message in a bottle while she was beachcombing with my dad. We all marveled at the note and loved it for its good-spirited message:
22 Sunday Oct 2017
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I recently heard from Alison, a woman who found a message in a bottle and immediately felt the same surprise and awe at that experience that keeps me addicted 🙂 Message in a bottle magic is powerful stuff!
“I have been an avid beachcomber all my life with a recent passion for sea glass hunting,” she said.
“I was walking alone at Nauset Beach in March [2017], it was in the mid-30s, overcast, windy and raw. Sometimes my sea glass hunts turn into beach cleanup, but when I went to pick up what I thought was a piece of trash, I was astounded to see a message in the bottle! I started shaking and I think my heart skipped a couple beats!”
11 Wednesday Oct 2017
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Sometimes, people send messages in bottles not to find love, or friendship, or to express regret, or to say goodbye. Some send messages in bottles simply as an expression of love. I was touched by a story submitted to me by Massiel Tunnell, who stumbled upon a message in a bottle just last weekend on the beach in front of her property while walking with her family.
28 Thursday Sep 2017
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I don’t know much about the world, but a lot of what I know has come from messages in bottles. People launch them for all kinds of reasons, and each provides a window into another life–another world, really.
Some Friends I’ve Yet to Meet, Some I Know Already.
I always wanted to find a message in a bottle when I was young. This was before the Nicholas Sparks book, and before I had ever heard Sting’s song. I loved reading, and I loved writing, and man, I really wanted a penpal. I loved the ocean, too, so a message in a bottle seemed like the perfect fit. Continue reading
23 Saturday Sep 2017
Posted in Friendship, message in a bottle, ocean currents
A lot of days, I feel like the luckiest person in the world. Thanks to my strange hobby, people send me stories about their own message in a bottle experiences. These stories are almost always delightful and heartening. Often, a simple letter in a bottle has the power to change lives.
Not long ago, Norah Brown-Davis wrote from Northern Ireland to share her family’s fascinating and heartwarming story. It’s such a Continue reading
