Abstract
Within a gentle stone’s throw of my house stands a 30-foot-high limestone wall extending in a serpentine configuration for several hundred feet. It was created almost a century ago as a result of quarrying on behalf of one of the Mayo brothers for the construction of tiger-tooth fences in the vicinity of his country mansion. This wall is a barrier to wind and people, a protection and guarantor of seclusion. I toil in good weather at its base, weeding and tending to perennials. Considerable effort is devoted to removal of chunks of rock, some very large, which from time to time succumb to gravity and crash below crushing anything in their paths. Although this occurrence may be seen in any season, the risk is greatest during the spring thaw. Perhaps as an intended compensation for the danger and damage of rockfalls is the accompanying cascade of countless water droplets from the melting of snow at the cliff’s edge, creating a symphonic tinkling when striking rock, frozen ground, and the skeletal remains of last season’s plants.
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