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By request

A close friend asked me to write something for them. This is the result. I rather like it. High Tide My feet see the line that separates the water from the soft sand  as I walk down the beach. Lingering yellow sunlight insists that I notice the horizon, but my thoughts are  elsewhere. Years ago walking this same beach we talked and laughed jumping over mounds of kelp. Cool water and sticky sand keep my feet directed helping me in my meandering. Water rises around my knees lunar cycles telling me high tide approaches shifting the sands beneath me.  Harvest Moon blending with 40 watt bug bulb and stars on the hotel balcony illuminate. Memories of times I cannot remember surface for but a moment only hinting at their mystery. Musky salt heavy breezes carry the laughter and footsteps of lovers walking beneath my room oblivious. Nearby a radio plays an  old Curtis Mayfield tune leaning back in my chair I prop my feet up on the rail. Does the Moon feel the passion of the ocean a

Rainstorm on Meditation Hill

Rainstorm on Meditation Hill Don’t get me wrong, I like rain. I like walking in it. To me it sounds like homemade Fajitas with peppers, onions and fresh spices sizzling in a cast iron frying pan. There is however, a particular kind rain at the Oregon coast, specifically in Newport Oregon, when wind and rain combine, such that, within a half a mile of the coast that it will rain in a curious sideways fashion. As if the world had been tilted ninety degrees. This horizontal rain has its own beauty, but after three straight days of it, I too was ready for some change. It was, after all, the second week of June. Nearly summer. I was jittery and jumpy. Though not a coffee drinker, which I know in Oregon, is just plain wrong, but nevertheless, it was like I was on my fifth double mochaccino. Whatever that is. I needed to get out of the house and fast! Backing out of the driveway I notice that the sun is just starting to break through the clouds and in the distance I see a double rainbow. Co