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Day 6— July 14, 2021 — Community & Connection
Coloring my life, outside the lines, shackles a distant memory.
Blue beach glass has shown up two days in a row; this never happens.
OMG — working with alcohol ink on tile is amazing — can’t wait to do more!
Today’s walk to the lake was about the vibrancy of community, and how it colors the world when we are open, and make space and time to see what surrounds us every day. We connect spontaneously; it’s part of the beauty of walking.
At the beach I saw two tiny dogs standing in the water up to what would be their knees, just standing there, as if to say “aaahhh, this feels good on my aching dogs!” They looked so calm, just taking in the water; they almost seemed to be meditating.
“That must be so cool in this sweltering heat,” I say to the woman holding their leashes. “Yeah, they’re happy!” she replies, “They have no interest in swimming, or chasing balls like normal dogs. They just want to stand in the water.”
As we talked, I spied blue glass, a fairly large piece — almost an inch long — unusual for blue beach glass. “Wow,” she said, “You found blue!” A fellow beach glass aficionado! Of course, this led…
