Tag: beach
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Day Fourteen, February 5, 2011
Today we went back to that same stretch of beach at sunset, the most magical time of day besides dawn. I watched these two local boys playing with a ball and a t-shirt for the longest time, making up games and running around the blue waters without a care in the world. I so wish…
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Day Thirteen, February 4, 2011
Today I toured the island on a hired tricycle with my friend Sabrina to see what lies behind the exterior of fancy hotels and beach bars, shops and restaurants. What we met was a very basic and humble way of life in little streets with stilt wooden houses, small kiosks, narrow winding streets and many…
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Day Twelve, February 3, 2011
Today was a long beach, pool, walking around day. For my little person, it was the first time she got to be completely covered with sand on the beach. As with all firsts, she was completely excited about the idea and treasured the experience as she does with all firsts she experiences. See you…
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Day Eleven, February 2, 2011
I am reading a book called Gilead, and in it I was moved by the character coming to the simple realization that the moon moves not in a circle around the earth, but in a spiral. I have always loved this contemplation of spirals in our universe and have loved to draw spirals repetitively. Today,…
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Day Ten, February 1, 2011
Isn’t it amazing how freely children behave? I find myself sometimes watching their uninhibited freedom and wondering where has most of mine gone, and when exactly and how was it dropped and lost along the way to adulthood.. When a family gets the beach, the children run immediately to the water’s edge to explore, roll…