Sea of activities

in the morning

let’s swim together

lazy morning

time for something else

note: I finished reading Bewilderment by Richard Powers. Re-reading Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli. Reading for the first time Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah, the new Nobel Prize winner in Literature.

Stories to tell

The girl runs alone on the beach

waves arrive from the other side of the world

I have stories to tell

A day on the beach

Beach walk

Sunny and cool day. We walked our 8,000 steps on the beach.

Love & Loss

“Real tragedies don’t need to be redeemed, they need to be remembered.”

“There are times when sorrow seems to be the only truth.”
-Shannon Leone Fowler, Traveling With Ghosts

note: The quotations are taken from the book, Traveling With Ghosts:A Memoir of Love and Loss by Shannon Leone Fowler, a book I just finished reading.

hope

note: Route 1,Bodega Bay,  CA

another celebration

Last Wednesday, Mrs. Abstract and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. We went to Monterey (California) and spent the days watching the ocean, walking in the Cannery Row, or just lounging and warming each other, sitting, sipping wine next to a fire pit on a cloudy day.

the children and the sea

Now? Think over?

With the ocean just a few steps away what would you like to do?

Leave the chairs and walk towards the ocean.

Dance in the water.

Build a house on the cliff above the ocean.

 

 

 

 

 

I stand alone on the beach

Before the light fades

I stand alone on the beach

my nothingness bared to the elements

I stretch my arms to behold the sea

the immensity of the water that circles the world

the waves that swell with beauty

the fear that enters my heart

when the storm comes

 

I hold this moment 

a moment of clarity and grandeur

 

I bow with humility and gratitude

to the great mystery.