I grew up shuttling between a farm in Oklahoma and living on the beach in Newport. Explains a lot, I know. But yeah, there is something cleansing about it, just standing there and watching the waves.
What a contrast. I have to say, I'm not sure if Newport is the happier side of the spectrum. Farms are grand. I moved from living on the Sunset Strip, where La Cienega dead ends, to a 50-acre farm at the end of a peninsula in the Puget Sound. And yeah, the sound isn't the ocean, but there are seals and Orcas and Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams within reach.
Being back in LA after so long reminded me that the glitz is easiy tarnished by the smog, traffic and sea of concrete. That's why being on the edge of land that day offset a week of disillusionment. [I missed not seeing you, too]
Are you near an ocean? I wonder if there's a correlation between our bodies being - is it 90% water? Something like that. A correlation between that fact and our fascination with water.
Because it's late and it's the way my mind wanders, I heard from my real estate agent that Linda Evans, the actress from Dynasty, thinks water is bad news. She was looking at buying the house my parents ended up buying but felt the fact that the Puget Sound was right there was an evil omen. She was into that JZ Knight Ramtha cult at the time.
I wonder if there's a correlation between our bodies being - is it 90% water?
I've wondered exactly the same thing myself.
Thanks for sharing the tidbit about Linda Evans. She sounds like a bit of a kook. But I do have to say that there's some scientific evidence that a large tsunami could hit Puget Sound. It wouldn't come from the Pacific. It would be because of an earthquake triggered landslide or underwater landslide. It's not likely but geologists suggest that it is possible. As for me, I would love a house right on Puget Sound. You can't live in fear and the setting sounds absolutely gorgeous.
Oh, in answer to your question. No, I don't leave right on the ocean. I live about an hour away.
I have a strong affinity for the ocean. I used to go to the beach every day when I lived in SoCal. The sounds of the waves, the smell of the salt, the seagulls in the air...I miss that.
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Being back in LA after so long reminded me that the glitz is easiy tarnished by the smog, traffic and sea of concrete. That's why being on the edge of land that day offset a week of disillusionment. [I missed not seeing you, too]
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*hugs*
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Too true about the oceans. There's a certain peacefulness and a perspective that recedes into the distance that centers the soul.
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Because it's late and it's the way my mind wanders, I heard from my real estate agent that Linda Evans, the actress from Dynasty, thinks water is bad news. She was looking at buying the house my parents ended up buying but felt the fact that the Puget Sound was right there was an evil omen. She was into that JZ Knight Ramtha cult at the time.
Celebrity trivia. Don't you just love it.
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I've wondered exactly the same thing myself.
Thanks for sharing the tidbit about Linda Evans. She sounds like a bit of a kook. But I do have to say that there's some scientific evidence that a large tsunami could hit Puget Sound. It wouldn't come from the Pacific. It would be because of an earthquake triggered landslide or underwater landslide. It's not likely but geologists suggest that it is possible. As for me, I would love a house right on Puget Sound. You can't live in fear and the setting sounds absolutely gorgeous.
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I have a strong affinity for the ocean. I used to go to the beach every day when I lived in SoCal. The sounds of the waves, the smell of the salt, the seagulls in the air...I miss that.
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