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Day 48: February 17, 2014: Ocean Beach

A quick trip to the beach for sunset to clear my head. What is it like to not be able to watch a sunset over the water? I forget after all of this time on the west coast. All my life, I’ve been able to see this at least once a year, and much more often since I moved to California.

I’m not really sure what it’s like to not live near water, and honestly, I don’t know how I would handle it. This grounds me. At the end of a long day, a frustrating day, the waves are there if I need an escape (and sometimes when the fog stays away there’s a sunset too!).

I don’t always realize it, but when I stop to think about it, this is something I need.

What is it that grounds you? How do you get all of the mess of everyday life to quiet down in your head? Me, I listen to the waves, or just find a lonely spot to sit in the fog and get away from it all.

(Expired Kodak Portra 400 in the Yashicaflex TLR above, fresh Portra 400 in the EOS 3 below)