The majestic inland sea (My Sacred Life, day 19)

This time we have away from "real life" is proving to be a real boon for us. We have no TV and have not even listened to much music, although we have it available. Instead, we have the steady rhythm of the waves--the heartbeat of the lake--rolling onto the beach, the sometimes-imposing roar-or-whisper of the wind, and the sounds of the various creatures in the vicinity (when the wind allows them to be heard) which feed our ears.

We're discovering that, when there are fewer distractions, you can do spontaneous stuff such as rushing outside to see a particularly cool cloud formation, or to see waves crashing into the lighthouse which is a mile away (that's today's photo, taken during quite high winds and surf, shortly before sunset last night). In fact, we were eating dinner last night when Julia's dad called, and said, "Get outside now! The cloud formation is amazing!!"

So, we dropped our forks, grabbed the camera, and ran outside.

It's what you do when that's your excitement, you know? And, it's the perfect level of excitement...just what we came here to rediscover.