Tag: Grief

Goats

I celebrated my birthday this past weekend with a beautiful swim at Chicken Ranch Beach in Tomales Bay. My cousin Kathleen was in town, and a gaggle of Blue Booby swim friends joined us for a gorgeous day of swimming, communing, eating delicious food, and lying around in the January sunshine, talking and laughing. But… Read More Goats

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The Longest Night

This morning, I swam naked in the bay at dawn to celebrate the solstice with ten wild and soulful, joy-filled women. Welcoming the light in this essential way pried loose some of the grief that clings to me like cobwebs, weighs me down like rock. As we were splashing into the 51-degree water, someone shouted… Read More The Longest Night

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