To Those Of You Who Take The Ocean For Granted!

Ah! The beach! For a couple of weeks each year, I find sun and sand and ocean somewhere. For a while, it was Barbados over Christmas. For the past couple of years, I’ve been joining friends on Cape Cod during part of July and August.

It’s great to be able to get up early, walk onto the beach and let the breaking waves lap at my ankles. Then there’s the smell of salt water and the noisy birds looking for their breakfast.

It’s interesting that I should be here in Chatham during a time when there is a lot of discussion about off-shore drilling. And when I listen to the arguments for and against it, I understand only that there are no simple answers.

And I think that I should be more like my sister, Joan, and use my bicycle more and my car less. It would be good for my health and good for this beautiful beach.