Today’s Remembe(red) prompt from Write on Edge: Where is your quiet place? What does it look like? What happens there?
I closed my eyes and lean back, scooching my butt side to side to make a little dent in the sand.
I feel the sunlight against my skin, so warm and embracing.
It feels good.
Whoosh.
I don’t need to open my eyes. I know what those sounds are.
The waves crest in a peak of white, then unfold under themselves as they race up onto the shore.
Foamy; thousands of tiny particles of sand and shell sparkle as the tide pulls back out to sea.
The smell of salt water fills my nose. I can taste the saltiness of the Atlantic.
I sat up and stare out at the ocean.
On the beach, there is no time. There is no dusting, vacuuming, no barking dogs, no ding of the dryer.
I leave my phone in the car. The laptop sits at home; the work will still be there when I return.
There is only me, the sunlight, the salty air and the waves.
Whoosh.
I feel like I am there. I love beaches!
“I feel the sunlight against my skin, so warm and embracing.” I can almost feel that warm sun on my skin! The beach… one of the best quiet places of all! Well, it’s quiet when I don’t have my 3 kids with me!
Ooooh I want a day like this. #beautiful
I love the beach! Great descriptions, put me right there. Also put me in the mood for a drive to coast.
That is exactly my quiet place too, well and the library, i love them both.
Nothing beats a day at the beach. I loved the imagery in “The waves crest in a peak of white, then unfold under themselves as they race up onto the shore.”
I also find solace at the beach. Even before I had kids and constant noise, it was a place I could go and be alone with my thoughts.
one of my favorite places too… even though I’m all irish-pale, I could still sit on the beach all day w/ a good book and never look at the clock once.
I love this, so very much. Your inner and outer peace are so very clear.
I adore the way you described sounds and smells- that brought me right into your moment!
Aslo? I’m so very glad that you’re back! 🙂
I adore the beach. I haven’t been there without kids in so long, and there is no eye closing with two little ones. Your descriptions are so vivid in this piece; I felt that feeling of the sun and sounds of the ocean just wash over me.
Jealous. I’m nowhere near the ocean. Having visited one in the past, I can hear the waves, and feel the sand. Great post!
Please take me with you. I can just imagine it. And I so love the beach. What an evocative piece.
I love how you grabbed the sensations into your piece. The smells, the sounds, the touch of the sand…simply awesome.
Love the ocean! I actually like swimming out there… ahhh I can’t wait for the summer to go on our beach vacation. 🙂
The detail I loved here was the opening bit where you make your seat. We all do that and in that moment, you brought me with you. Lovely post.
My favorite place in the world.