{"id":10672,"date":"2015-09-17T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=10672"},"modified":"2015-09-17T14:33:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:33:38","slug":"a-walk-on-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2015\/09\/a-walk-on-the-beach.html","title":{"rendered":"A Walk on the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\nThis morning after breakfast (chopped up nectarine, Russian yogurt, and granola, washed down with freshly ground and recently roasted Polly\u2019s coffee) we took off on our morning perambulation.<\/p>\n

The Tsunami washed through our neighborhood about four thirty this morning. I\u2019d not been able to do the walk yesterday having had to go up to the church early, but Jan said they\u2019d been digging trenches along the natural washes from the bluff down to the beach. Only a couple of hours after the surge we could see the waterline higher than ever, most of the beach-y part of the beach was underwater, the trenches obviously saw use, and there was evidence of the surge all along. There were two spots along our normal two mile walk where the path was covered with sand that had been washed onto the path.<\/p>\n

There were fewer people out. Old fast walking guy was there, and we extended friendly greetings, as per. White deadlock guy raced along pushing the pram with a sleeping baby, mostly ignoring us, again as per. The only regulars we recognized. A couple riding bikes toward us gave us a surrealistic fragment. Guy one, \u201cThey gave him an honorable. He was, of course, dead.\u201d Guy two, \u201cThey call that Post Humus\u2026\u201d And they were gone\u2026\"film<\/a><\/p>\n

At the foot of Junipero, where the road goes down the bluff to the beach and there\u2019s parking, a lot of it had been taken up with film trailers. Walked by a large one with a sign out front declaring \u201cwomen\u2019s dressing room.\u201d We also walked by three large trailers with little satellite dishes on top and signs from the company declaring they catered to stars. Other than the people setting up for serving food no real action.<\/p>\n

We decided to return to our condo a slightly different way and so walked up Junipero and through Bixby Park. As we made our way down Appleton we saw another film trailer set up. Ah, Southern California! There we read a notice saying this was for a scene in an upcoming CSI Cyber episode, which I presume to be one of the newer spin offs of the hoary franchise. We wondered among ourselves whether the setups were for the same show. I held out that because of the fancy star trailers the beach was some movie. Jan demured.<\/p>\n

The herd of parrots greeted us as we arrived home\u2026<\/p>\n

Life in la la land.<\/p>\n

Another day in paradise\u2026<\/p>\n