Ambrose Leaves the Shoreline

Ambrose Saltmere went to his forever home yesterday, after the Swamp Art Spectacular at BREC’s Bluebonnet Swamp.

Some pieces arrive fully themselves. Ambrose always felt that way to me. There was never a moment where I wondered who he was. He carried that slow, watchful presence from the beginning, like something that had already lived a long life along the shoreline before I ever put ink to paper.

The couple who took him home had reached out earlier in the week, just to make sure he’d still be there. And then they came back for him. That kind of choosing always feels different, quieter, certain.

In the meantime, more Unbelongings are making their way into the world. New faces, new stories, new small beings who don’t quite belong anywhere until they do. I’ll be sharing them soon.