after dithering at belly button level for a week i did the first swim today, inspired by friends and the lovely comehitherness of of the blue green world. the diving platform partially crumbled in the winter storms and waves of pebbles have altered the shore. it's the best place in the world. the waited for respite from the long long slough of winter, the place you want to extend, to store up the days of summer, to make them last, to expand the core, to float, to celebrate, to let go the petty things and the gross, to breathe infinity on the water of pebble beach. oh thank you thank you beautiful dogs.