{"id":3316,"date":"2024-02-04T01:56:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T01:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/so-much-of-my-memory-of-life-and-the-markers-of-its-passing-are-refracted-through-the-sea-paul-daley\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T01:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T01:56:06","slug":"so-much-of-my-memory-of-life-and-the-markers-of-its-passing-are-refracted-through-the-sea-paul-daley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/so-much-of-my-memory-of-life-and-the-markers-of-its-passing-are-refracted-through-the-sea-paul-daley\/","title":{"rendered":"So much of my memory of life and the markers of its passing are refracted through the sea | Paul Daley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From earliest recollections through to later life, moments of holidays by the ocean with family and friends have become memories to hold<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2024\/feb\/04\/australia-news-live-weather-temperatures-stage-three-tax-cuts-albanese\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sea in all its variations, from tranquil coves and moody bays to wind-racked ocean beaches, from the ostentatious harbour to meandering with dogs along a lonely shore, has come to encompass so many of life\u2019s poignant memories.<\/p>\n<p>My earliest \u2013 now briny \u2013 recollections include aunts and older cousins and a big sister on a yellow stretch of sand backed with multi-coloured beach boxes, the calm, azure shallows of Victoria\u2019s Port Phillip Bay our watery playground. It\u2019s where I first dog-paddled, aged maybe three, when a cousin abandoned my hands. Sink or swim!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/feb\/04\/my-memory-of-life-and-the-markers-of-its-passing-are-refracted-through-the-sea\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From earliest recollections through to later life, moments of holidays by the ocean with family and friends have become memories to hold Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The sea in all its variations, from tranquil coves and moody bays &#8230; <a title=\"So much of my memory of life and the markers of its passing are refracted through the sea | Paul Daley\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/so-much-of-my-memory-of-life-and-the-markers-of-its-passing-are-refracted-through-the-sea-paul-daley\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about So much of my memory of life and the markers of its passing are refracted through the sea | Paul Daley\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}