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The stone mason of tor house
The stone mason of tor house





the stone mason of tor house

An image I snapped of the California coastline and its dramatic rock formations. I fell just as hard for that undulant sweep of rocky shoreline. He and his wife Una described the effect of the land they finally claimed as their own as enchanting. I was a newly minted poet, or so I thought I could dare call myself such being inspired as I was by my college professors and the heroes they put on their syllabi. One of the standouts for me during the semester before I headed west was Robinson Jeffers, who had fallen head-over-heels in love with a stretch of the California coastline near the town I would be visiting and its frothy tides. One of the most evocative trips I can remember taking as a young woman was a four-day escapade to Carmel, California.

the stone mason of tor house the stone mason of tor house

The Tor House and Hawk Tower, both stone buildings built by the poet Robinson Jeffers.







The stone mason of tor house