The Language of Waves

The Language of Waves

by | Feb 27, 2024 | Nature

I’m sitting here at Doran Beach with my eyes closed, deep in meditation and listening to the waves in stereo. In the absence of sight, sound is all I have so the sounds of the waves become intensified. I’m hearing four distinctive sounds. First there’s a woosh as the...
Abbott’s Lagoon

Abbott’s Lagoon

by | Feb 20, 2023 | Nature

Point Reyes National Seashore, Valentine’s day 2023 The last raindrops drift away, they splatter our windshield with kisses of winter. Grey skies give way to blue, a patch here, a patch there. By the time we begin our hike the storm clouds have retreated to the...
Turtles and Tourists

Turtles and Tourists

by | Dec 19, 2022 | Nature

At a beach on Kauai’s south shore, turtles and tourists share the sand. The Hawaiian green sea turtle is a year round resident of the Hawaiian islands. These massive reptiles can be seen gracefully plying the waters all throughout the islands. The highlight of any...
Beach Meditations

Beach Meditations

by | Feb 5, 2022 | Meditations, Nature

The beach is a place where a man can feel he’s the only soul in the world that’s real. Pete Townsend Driftwood…bleached bones. Tibia, fibia, a random scattering offered up by the sea, come to rest here. Finger bones, toe bones, skeletal remains of once living things....
Salmon Creek Dream

Salmon Creek Dream

by | Jan 14, 2022 | Nature

The beach at Salmon Creek on the Sonoma County coast is one of the most spectacular and awe inspiring stretches of sand that I’ve ever set foot upon. My wife and I love this place. We recently spent an afternoon there, it was one of those warm and golden...