Some time last year, when Don and I realized our move to the coast of Massachusetts was definite, a friend told me her husband is an Ocean person and she loves Lakes most. In typical indecisive fashion, at the time, I said I couldn't choose. I love it all.
What happened next? I moved to a little harbor town carved by winding streets. Crooked houses lean closely together to keep sheltered from those sea winds. Gulls scream from lamp posts and Lobster Shacks stand as old codgers, weathered from the storm.
I cast my line and found what I always knew deep down to be true. I'm called by the sea. It reaches to me with arms searching over rocky shores...retreating and searching, retreating, returning. I'm not talking about bikini, pretzels, beer ocean. I'm talking that Ocean/Land combo where you'd settle in with a long dress, a blanket and a volume of Thoreau. Where sheep roam eating grass, the breeze takes your scarf over rocky cliffs and an unexpected rain storm would only add to the romantic experience. Ha, yes, I've thought about this a great deal.
This will be a big theme here on this ol' blog. Do you live in a place like what I've described? New England? Nova Scotia? English Coast? Wales? Irish coast? Tell me!
5 comments:
Your writing is breathtaking!!! And I couldn't agree more about the draw of the Sea! Le Sigh!!!!
Oh goodness do I miss the ocean. My husband and I moved from the coast of Massachusetts (after growing up on the coast of Maine) inland to Pittsburgh a year ago for my job, and that proximity to water- salty water- is what I miss the most. Beautiful writing.
Over two years ago, I moved to a small shore town in New Jersey to be closer to my boyfriend (now husband). I left my city life for good to do this and I made the change kicking and screaming like a big ol' brat. But now I can't imagine my life without the ocean and nature. We live two blocks from the ocean. On quiet days I can hear waves crashing on the shoreline and sometimes we go swimming after work. Many times we bike out to the shore line and watch the sun set. Things like this fill so many of my days and have become so apart of me and given me such peace, I can not believe I lived so long without nature and the ocean being such a fixture in my life.
I live on the South Shore of MA! Are you living at a beach on the South Shore or somewhere else on the coast here?
@Beth Hi there! We live in Marblehead...we haven't even been to the south shore. Any recommendations?
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