waterfront walk

“Are you afraid of this happiness?” A Joan Sutherland koan from last weekend’s workshop.


Late afternoon walk downtown by waterfront. Fog begins to pour over the ridge. Sinister clusters of brown jellyfish huddle near the wharf. Millions of them. There weren’t here two days ago when I took this same walk, now it would be scary to swim here. An ocean scientist told me that the jelly fish will out last all the creatures in the ocean. If we keep destroying our fish we will have to learn to eat jelly fish. Gusts of wind whip up whirlwinds of sand, chasing the tourists who think it should be warm at the beach. A worker throws fish bones over the side of the wharf stiring up the competition between the gulls and the sea lions. Young families push strollers along the pathway. This is the beginning of a summer weekend.