Solitude includes the great outdoors
and its various populations
and its various populations
There is no avoiding this conclusion
There is in fact no conclusion
When in doubt I go to the beach
Always good for vicarious thrills
Windy hazy day
mild temperatures underneath
Wings
Flight departure
I'll hold down the fort
The surf shop is hopping
whatever way the wind blows
Lots of happy faces
Outdoor shower
The swift
Incredibly swift
Hydro-planing above the water
I can't imagine how they stay planted on the board
Nonchalant pelicans fly over
Inevitably the wind moves me down the beach
I found a picnic table in a fairly calm spot
for my plant-based lunch:
Hummus, sprouted wheat bread, salad greens
and my bespoke dried fruit medley
Came right down to the shore afterwards
as the high tide rolled up
This end of the beach is much less windy
lying in the sand one is unaffected by it
Mom watches over
a close-knit Muslim family I deduce
The adult women remained modestly dressed at the beach
The water is warm
The Bay is rather shallow here
on the South side of Alameda island
He wasn't going near the water
Dogs are not allowed on the beach
It's a bird sanctuary
but people are reliably lawless
and self-indulgent
A circus of flying acrobats
Sometimes flying inches above the wavelets
I was revived by another wave of Cannabis
Did I mention there was a lot of pelicans?
More by far than I had ever seen here
As if it was The Day of the Pelicans
I stayed until nearly full high tide
which occurred at 5:41 pm
which occurred at 5:41 pm
Hop-frogged out of there
to Webster street
Monumental pillars
of Mushroomland
A happy place for all who visit it
Mycophilia
When I got home
not so faraway
reached quickly by water
I slipped into a twilight sleep
Rolled over and dived
to the depths of it
17 August 2021
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