The Seal skin, the Story, and the Sky

[aineotter]

Just ran across the lyrics to this song, and I dearly would like to hear it sung. I'll probably cry; it's all true. I've been that selkie, more than once. I'm not going to say it's just as hard to be on the leaving side, I've been on both, and while neither is easy...well I at least have the ocean/river calling me when I go, and not just an empty

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[aineotter]

Though we generally don't leave our skins behind...not sure about that bit.

[singingnettle]

A story for you, that I wrote a long time ago: http://www.intertext.com/magazine/v4n6/sea.html

[aineotter]

Oh, wow. I didn't know you wrote fiction, that's a lovely story!

Really, the kid I have is more satyr than selkie, but that's ok. His dad wasn't exactly mundane; the satyr blood is pretty strong in that family.