To borrow and slightly adapt a verse from The Little River Band‘s “Cool Change,” Well I was born in the sight of water And it’s there that I feel my best The albatross and the whales they are my brothers For me, this is not just a bit of poetic nicety. Having been born and […]
Odd as it may sound, I first became aware of Ed Ricketts many years before I knew who he was. Little did I know that as I was watching the 1982 film Cannery Row that the fascinating character of Doc being portrayed by Nick Nolte was inspired by an even more fascinating character: Edward F. Ricketts.