Another satisfying Google hit: someone found our page by searching for "the phrase 'sea change.'" I'd also like to note that an Amazon search uncovers at least a dozen, maybe more, books called Sea Change, including the one that Bessie was kind enough to send me from England. What I really should do, of course, is find the place in From Dawn to Decadence where Jacques Barzun complains about how cliched the phrase has become...but since the book is 877 pages long and I can't remember where I read it, maybe that will have to wait.