Sunday, December 16, 2007

breaking the gate

how many colors of silver could there possibly be? Sailed on/through all of them today: sterling, payne's grey, pewter, flat grey, zinc white on our most gorgeous San Francisco bay, blacksilver seals guiding the way - the hills of tiburon metallicgreen as we passed, molten gold flecking the water. just enough near boatonboat collisions to keep up the excitement, but mercifully few tankers, no submarines, and no whales (alas) though there were rumors of one in our midst. i got to take the helm from my true-sailor friends as we made our way at a dynamic slant under the golden gate towards the breakers and the vast expanse of the ever-wild Pacific. most exciting. the sun came beaming out at just that moment.
a very good day.
some lemongrass soup to warm up. compared ipod collections all the way back.
as i'm writing this it feels like my glass of milk is slipping off my table.
i'm still moving, still moved.
gawd - California is a beauty.

1 comment:

Bicycle!Bicycle! said...

California is the best! Thank you for the vivid imagery of your day sailing. You have quite the gift for describing colors and textures.

And sharing ipod info? That's always very revealing about someone.