surf sesh

The Sun
by Mary Oliver

Have you ever seen

anything

in your life

more wonderful

than the way the sun,

every evening,

relaxed and easy,

floats toward the horizon

and into the clouds or the hills,

or the rumpled sea,

and is gone--

and how it slides again

out of the blackness,

every morning,

on the other side of the world,

like a red flower

streaming upward on its heavenly oils,

say, on a morning in early summer,

at its perfect imperial distance--

and have you ever felt for anything

such wild love--

do you think there is anywhere, in any language,

a word billowing enough

for the pleasure

that fills you,

as the sun

reaches out,

as it warms you

as you stand there,

empty-handed--

or have you too

turned from this world--

or have you too

gone crazy

for power,

for things?

 It's summer. And I am in love with the sun, with the ocean, with the waves. I love the way the salt dries on my skin, and gets all itchy. I love the way my eyeballs feel when I've been looking at the glaring horizon for waves for over and hour. I love the way I get surf wax all over my toenails. I love wearing three different bikinis in one day.

 And I love that the south swells are here! I'm happy to say I've been surfing three times this week. I'm getting a good hit of sun and salt on the south side, which also means I get my fix at Choice Health Bar in Lahaina, yum.

heading out with good friends

my ninja suit

plenty of waves for everyone

The green buzz acai bowl was the perfect pick-me-up after a morning in the waves

Acai, bananas, berries, spirulina and coconut. Topped with granola, banana goji berries, and bee pollen.

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