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Wednesday May 27, 2026 |
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expecting today to be so glorious, blue skies,
warm breeze wafting the funky tang of exposed tideflat baking in the morning sun. first ripe strawberry of the season seemed to shout pick me so i did. it tasted just alright. high tide was 4:13pm, kind of low at 9.78 when 8 feet is the minimum for easy swimming, but the water was surprisingly warm, 69F degrees in the top layer according to wrist thermometer, a romantic temperature for oysters, a bit earlier than usual, i plow through their released gametes aswirl on the surface. i stayed in a good long while, cycled through all the strokes, finished with my favorite--fully submerged, wide hard pulls, eyes open on a different world, a peek into primordial past. imagine living in the ocean, no borders and all that vertical range of travel! drip drying on hot rocks under a fierce sun, i felt connected, resonant with the planet, blessed by luck of existence, wishing everyone might feel such simple bliss at least once. it comes and goes, but when it happens it's like a door cracked open you can never quite get to fully close. |
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