When we get out of the water in Bolinas, post-surf session—salt water bath writ large—I like to go to the Coast Cafe. I found Max Ehrmann's framed prose poem* in the bathroom there yesterday, having followed the buoys and gold inlaid frog footprints (most charming). It was enough to send me back out to the car for my camera. That the flash appears just above the word "blind" is divine intervention. I can't help but feel it was a message/mitzvah/signpost sent directly to me from the ON-RAMP TO 50.
* Historical note: Desiderata was actually written in 1927. The footer, which has a convoluted back story, is incorrect but adds to the poem's lore.
* Historical note: Desiderata was actually written in 1927. The footer, which has a convoluted back story, is incorrect but adds to the poem's lore.
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