Scanning back around along the horizon rose the shield wall of |
a volcano eroded over millennia, verdant and shrouded by wisps | "milestones"
of cloud, descending down to foothills and scattered buildings | Chapter 1
then rows and rows of housing and finally the beach. | The Deep
| page 2
I was on an oversized surfboard with foot loops, and a molded |______________
pan seat called a surf ski. It was a rental. I had listened to
the safety instructions and been told the safe extent of my travels was
bounded by this sand bar. I had walked on it before in a different boating
expedition but the tide was higher now and it was at least three feet deep so
I knew it would be just like swimming in the shallow end of a pool and a
little dangerous to leave the board to walk on it that day.
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a volcano eroded over millennia, verdant and shrouded by wisps | "milestones"
of cloud, descending down to foothills and scattered buildings | Chapter 1
then rows and rows of housing and finally the beach. | The Deep
| page 2
I was on an oversized surfboard with foot loops, and a molded |______________
pan seat called a surf ski. It was a rental. I had listened to
the safety instructions and been told the safe extent of my travels was
bounded by this sand bar. I had walked on it before in a different boating
expedition but the tide was higher now and it was at least three feet deep so
I knew it would be just like swimming in the shallow end of a pool and a
little dangerous to leave the board to walk on it that day.
----------- .*#+.
-+-++#*#+#+*#*#++====--------------(###)---------------------------------------
---- - - - >`( -- - - -- - --
------ ---- - - +++*- .+*###*+. +*++ --- - - - -
--------- -@@@@@#+*#@**@@#@@@##@#@@#@@*#@@@#-
---- -+++- ~#+|*@@@#-|+`~ **++-
- -+ +-+--+ --- +**+@@@@**\ -- - -
-++--- -- -- /+*@~#@@#~@*- --- - - -
/-##/\\~~~~/\#+\ ---- -- - - -
---- - - -- - --- --- #+/ \\-_// +# -- - - - - cc2021 JCM -
Milestones by Jeri Claire, page 2