Why has no one written the South Pacific companion to Ed Rickett’s classic, Between Pacific Tides? Project Idea? #MarineEcology #intertidal #Chile #Enoplochitons #kelp #WesternFlyer #EdRicketts
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Steinbeck, Ricketts, and the Western Flyer set sail in 1940, but the voyage didn’t end there. The lessons they drew from sea & shore still ripple today. Don’t miss what we’re still learning from that journey. 🌊🚢 #Steinbeck #EdRicketts #WesternFlyer #OceanHoptimism #BskyBeer
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By 1940, Ricketts was 42. Brilliant but financially precarious, respected yet outside academia, he was Monterey’s tidepool sage: restless, searching, and ready for something larger. #EdRicketts #WesternFlyer
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His Cannery Row lab was no ivory tower. It was part science shop, part bohemian salon. Artists, poets, musicians, and vagabonds gathered there. Science, beer, and philosophy mingled freely by Monterey Bay. #CanneryRow #EdRicketts #OceanCulture
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Ricketts wasn’t just a cataloger of shells. His Between Pacific Tides (1939) redefined field guides, grouping creatures by habitat rather than hierarchy. It remains a classic (if challenging) read even today. #Ecology #EdRicketts
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For many of us of a certain age, “Doc” made marine biology feel possible, and human. A messy lab, boots in tidepools, a mind alive to company and questions. Ricketts wasn’t a statue; he was a working life to aspire to. That’s why this story still tugs. #EdRicketts #OceanHoptimism #WesternFlyer
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Born in 1897, Chicago-raised Ricketts never finished college but built a life in tidepools. By 1923, he ran Pacific Biological Labs, selling specimens to schools & museums. He never had tenure or titles. The sea itself was both his shop & his cathedral. #EdRicketts #MarineBiology
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Who was Ed Ricketts, the man who sailed with Steinbeck in 1940 aboard the Western Flyer? A marine biologist, philosopher, and Monterey eccentric, whose lab on Cannery Row became a hub for science, art, and wild late-night debates. #EdRicketts #CanneryRow #OceanHistory #WesternFlyer
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Looking through a window at the Pacific Ocean. The water appears as light green while over the sand and slowly fades to a darker blue as it goes out. There is a restaurant in the distance on the rocks, and there is also a mural of fisherman on an old stone wall. A bright blue sky is in the background overhead.
Looking out the window at McAbee beach, Cannery Row, Monterey Bay, California
#WindowsOnWednesday #MontereyBay #EdRicketts #CanneryRow #Sardines #WestCoast #California
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I've restructured my Bluesky feeds to more fully cover my range of interests...e.g., #EdRicketts, #Books, #Philosophy, #BobDylan, etc. See you in the feedlot (?).
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“The best things in life are the people you love, the places you’ve seen, and the memories you’ve made along the way.” -Ed #edricketts #johnsteinbeck #pacificgrove #monterey #pacificbiologicallaboratories #canneryrow #marinebiology #science
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“The whole world is in a state of flux, and so are we. We must learn to adapt, to change, or we will perish.” - Ed #edricketts #pacificgroveca #montereycalifornia #canneryrow #philosophy #marinebiology #science
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appreciating our household philosophy
#blog #BlogPost #cooking #books #publishing #Steinbeck #EdRicketts
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