Beach Notes: Beach Reunion

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Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

I have just returned from 2 days at a resort with 3 friends from my high schools days. One friend I had seen earlier this year, one 2 years ago and the other 20 years ago.

Four school friends
Met at a beachside resort
To celebrate a milestone

We walked down memory lane

We relaxed and laughed
Shared good food and wine
Took long beach walks

We looked through
Old school photographs

We shared stories

We have all taken different paths
but never a silence occurred

As if time had stood still…

And yet it hadn’t

True Friendship — priceless.

– Suzie Cheel

What’s priceless in your life?
Suzie Cheel

Beach Notes: Two Words, Many Meanings

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Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

This morning as we were leaving the beach I noticed that the Morning Glory was in flower.

Although this is a creeping vine that is often seen as a weed, I love the color and like to see it flowering on dunes at the beach. Sometimes purple, mauve, periwinkle blue, deep aubergine or white.

I then reflected on the name ” morning glory” and know there are many meanings besides the name of the flower.

any of the various twining vines that having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
a band of clouds
a sparkler
a wind squall
a horse who performs well in the morning but fails to fire in actual races
“Morning Glory” is a song by British rock band Oasis
and many more - Google definitions

Morning Glory reminds me of the beauty of nature, the varying colors, patterns, textures, the contrasts that I experience each day on my beach walk.

How often do you find two words which separately and together have such rich meanings?

Suzie Cheel

Beach Notes: Beach Meditation

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Beach Notes by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

Each morning this week after our walk and swim I have been meditating.
Today as I sat on a rock and looked out at the clear blue sea, to the horizon these words formed.

Meditating sitting on

the sun warmed rock

At the place I call paradise

My feet resting

on the warm white sand

Listening to the sound of the sea

I feel connected to the earth

To my soul

To my very being

(C) Suzie Cheel