Thanks

Today I read the news and then I balanced it with the poem “Thanks” by W.S. Merwin. You can read the poem here:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57937/thanks

He ends with:

we are saying thank you

thank you we are saying and waving

dark though it is

Looking up through redwood trees at Old Mill Park
Gifts at Rodeo Beach
Low tide from the houseboat at sunrise
Animal, Driftwood, or Both

Passage

Steve and I were married 50 years ago tomorrow.  Because of the pandemic we chose not to travel so we celebrated at Nick’s Cove and now tonight and tomorrow night we’ll be in Sausalito.  50 years seems unimaginable but it was 1971 and this is 2021.  Gold.

And now our anniversary will always be a federal holiday.  How gratifying it is to honor two momentous events.

50 years allows one to experience highs and lows and inbetween.  May we all be well and happy, celebratory and appreciative of what comes our way, the seasons and tides our guides.

Great Blue Heron feeding at low tide
High tide looking down from the pier
Egret feeding!
Sunrise with high tide on approach – the rock covered and uncovered with two highs and two lows each day