KEEP CALM

and pretend I'm still at the beach

1. I arrive last week in California thinking we'll spend two days on our own surfing at the beach (if you don't know, I would rather spend the extra time in saltwater that heals everything). Gavin - a friend of Markus' who sprained his thumb in the game on Saturday morning - was planning on staying the extra day with us. He meets us at Venice Beach and stops to watch the skateboarders (I am a moron and am not nearly dressed warm enough). Michelle - his mom- used to live here too.  We take a ride down the beach with some tandem bikes stopping over at the Santa Monica pier again. Gavin is not able to steer. I join her son and husband and we chat while the boys ride the ferris wheel again. A lovely time is had by all. My Venice experience is radically improved.
   
   All by 100% happenstance!
2. LAX sprint: ran ran ran for the rental car shuttle, and made it. 
3. Evening snack: frozen banana covered with chocolate and nuts while watching the sunset on Newport. 

Oh, and I found some seashells to bring home. This is something I'm never quite sure what to do with. 

heart & soul

Morgen ~ February 1997

1. I found this beauty of Morgy today looking through scrapbooks. 
2. It reminded me that the human mind does not comprehend how the heart and soul loves without limitation. 
3. People are as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset I don't find myself thinking, "Soften the orange a bit in the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds. 

I'm kind of a "look at the sky", "look at the sunset", "look at the moon", "stay in the car to listen to the rest of the song" kind of woman. Especially this song...

Yet To Be

I love you

For all that you are

All that you have been

And all that is yet to be...