Monday August 5th, 2013

The exercise:

Write about: the outburst.

This really should have been the day we returned to Mejaran but I'm not really feeling up to it. So the plan is to do that on Wednesday, assuming nothing else goes haywire before then.

Picked a whole bunch of blackberries today. Didn't finish, but at least I got enough to cover the boxes for tomorrow. If we get everything else picked in a reasonable amount of time then we'll get the rest of the berries afterward.

Max had a pretty good day, aside from a bit of unusual sleepiness this morning. Once he got over that he was in rare form though.

Mine:

The beach is quiet now; night has replaced the long gone sunbathers and swimmers. Had any remained the sand would be cool beneath their feet, the air soft and warm against their skin. They would find the silence quite peaceful, I think.

But no visitor lingered beyond sundown.

So there is no one to watch the waves brush against the shore. No nostrils to breathe in the refreshing scents of the ocean, now unchallenged by lotions and creams born in laboratories all across the globe.

And no one is around to hear the still echoing cries of children as they protest announcements that it is time to go home.