the unfirm line – Counting Crows

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“It’s been so long since I’ve seen the ocean. Guess I should.”

The Counting Crows, ‘A Long December’

For the last 20 years of my life, I have lived very close to the ocean. Within the next 30 days, I move from San Diego to Madison, Wisconsin. Landlocked, except for the lakes. I will miss it and yearn for salt water, waves and the primal fear of being pulled beyond sight of land, the wonder of what is below.