100 Days of Gladness: Day 37

Getting Beat Up by the Ocean

tinalear
2 min readJun 13, 2024
Photo by Elena Terrone

As I scan for the things that make me happy, near the top of the list is the ocean. I am not a strong swimmer. I’m just a human animal that loves the water. Especially salt water.

There are so many ways of enjoying it.

One of my favorites:
I stand on the shore, face my primordial mama and take a deep breath. Then I…

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tinalear

Novelist. Poet. Musician. Buddhist. Quilter. Animal lover. Visible grownup. Hidden child. Secret dancer when all alone. Makes good bread.