Welcome to 30 Days by the Sea: A Research Inquiry into the Third Shore. This is a creative thesis blog by Amy Tucker, MA Candidate in Human Rights and Social Justice at Thompson Rivers University on Secwépemc Territory. The posts below are organised in their intended reading order. You are welcome to begin anywhere, but if you are reading as an examiner or new visitor, the sequence below will offer the fullest experience of the inquiry.
Part One: Before the Shore — Framing the Inquiry
- 30 Days by the Sea: A Research Inquiry into the Third Shore — The opening scholarly essay introducing alonetude, methodology, and the research context
- Finding My Alonetude — On precarious labour, the somatic archive, and what brought me to the sea
- Beyond Loneliness: Defining Alonetude as a Third Way of Being Alone — Scholarly essay defining the concept
- Navigating the Third Shore: A Scholarly Personal Narrative of Alonetude — The SPN methodology explained
- Prelude: What I Imagine — An opening reflection before departure
- Gratitude (2025) — A threshold moment before beginning
Part Two: Thirty Days by the Sea — The Daily Journal
- Day One: Packing Identity — Beginning Again on January 1
- Day Two: The Clinical Layover — Rehearsing the Unlived Life
- Day Two: Llegada — Arrival
- Day Two: Puesta de Sol
- Day Three: Día Tres — Perdida en el Azul
- January 4: Día Cuatro — Caminando el Malecón
- Day Six: El Cuerpo Comienza a Recordar la Seguridad
- Day Seven: El Silencio Como Lugar
- Day Eight: ¿Y Si Me Suelto?
- Day Eight: La Quietud — Vespers
- Day Nine: El Ritmo (Morning)
- Day Nine: Lo Que La Restauración Hace Posible
- Day Ten: La Fundación
- Twelve Days: Doce Días
- Day Thirteen: La Tierra Bajo Mis Pies
- Day 14: Ballenas y Piedra
- Day 15: La Edad y El Juego
- Day 16: Talking to Rocks (And Listening When They Answer)
- Day 17: Lo Que Llega Cuando Estás Lista
- Day 18: The Book That Taught Me to Listen to My Body
- Day 19: The Artifact Archive
- Day 20: The Weight of Always Almost
- Day 21: The End of Escape — I Am Tired
- Day 22: The Body Remembers Its Own Abandonment
- Day 23: Remembering How to Play
- Day 24: Finding Treasure in Empty Fields
- Day 25: Bringing Back My Creativity, Imperfectly and On My Own
- Day 26: Scattered Blue
- Day 27: Playing with Bright Colours
- Day 28: The Quiet Permission of Invisibility
- Day 29: When the Shore Begins to Speak
- Day 30: What Faces Inward
- Day 31: Goodbye
Part Three: Companion Essays and Reflections
- The Space Between Five and Nine
- El Umbral
- Cruzando
- By the Sea (My To Do List)
- A Contract With Myself
- La Confesión de una Sobreexigida
- The Grief That Comes With Rest
- The Pause Between Rains
- El Ritmo de los Días
- La Fundación
- Los Perros del Pueblo
- Mi Madre, a la Distancia
- La Continuación / The Continuation
- Siesta
- Una Noche Clara / A Clear Night
- What Happened to the Dreams?
- Las Historias de Vida de las Piedras
- Alonetude as a Human Right
- Taking My Body Back
- Allowing Space
- Placed and Holding
- What I Gathered
- Fallen Sweetness
- The Long Way Home
- Adiós, Amigos
- February 1: The Practice of Learning With Intention
Part Four: The Geography of Fear — A Series
- Part 1: The Geography of Fear (Ball in My Tummy)
- Part Two: The Geography of Fear — The Ball in My Stomach
- Part 3: The Long Echo
- The Geography of Fear: A Vignette on Childhood Hypervigilance and the Cost of Safety
Part Five: Memory & Vignette
- Memory: The Kitchen Table
- Childhood Memory: The Spruce Tree
- Memory: The Moment That Changed Everything
Part Six: Poems
Closing: What Remains
- The Third Shore — The concluding creative thesis chapter
- Coda
- Lonely in a Crowd: On Presence, Distance, and the Quiet Work of Connection
All photographs © Amy Tucker, 2026, unless otherwise noted. This blog is a creative research thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in Human Rights and Social Justice, Thompson Rivers University, Secwépemc Territory, Kamloops, British Columbia.