First seen in 1810, Mocha Dick survived over a hundred skirmishes with whalers before he was eventually killed in 1838. He was large and powerful, capable of wrecking small craft with his flukes. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mobydick.html
"A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step" --Chinese philosopher Laozi. Likewise epics can be built out of tiny scribblings. In early 2012, I wandered Europe writing posts on what I found interesting for friends. By the end I had written the equivalent of a 1000-page book. My readers had journeyed with me and so did not ask: "how was it?" Instead we discussed what it meant. I continue scribbling. Mastodon
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