A summer shower falls oh so gently on the hood of my Jeep while I put off the day's errand and head to the beach where I'm greeted by the sun-washed jagged stones that stand guard over the Sound while the sailors, runners, bikers and fishermen weave in and out.
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| Tod's Point, Greenwich, CT |
I pause along route, too lazy to fiddle with the automatic windows, and amble to a nearby bench facing the island of Manhattan. A fisherman jabbers that the fluke are small, but it looks like a meal to me. The doldrums have set upon the sailing school so that the women lay across the bows of the dead ships paddling wistfully while others hop overboard to cool off or perhaps answer a desperate nature call.
Two runners approach as if they popped out of a hi-def screen airing the Olympics from London. They are tall and lean wearing hardly anything. I follow the long-legged woman for a bit until I feel useless and out of shape, so I hop back in the Jeep and spin around the Point at a cruising speed of 15 mph, letting the cyclists race past as I glide into a spot by the beach. A few dedicated goers shuffle through the sand while others get their laps in, no doubt competing against the great Michael Phelps in their minds while they battle the wakes from the yachts that drunkenly drift about without a care in the world.
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The lifeguard stands are abandoned, while those on the town payroll sip coffee and stare at the horizon. Then I see the unmistakable red swimsuit and a perfectly tanned beauty brush her sun-kissed hair from her face while she listens intently to her handsome counterpart as they traipse barefoot over the tarmac which would be too hot to do on a busy day.
The smell of the sea is in my nostrils and I look forward to rendezvousing with the clam-lady at the farmer's market in a few hours where I will buy a dozen to throw on the grill, careful not to blow out my flip flop ala Jimmy Buffett and feeling rejuvenated, sun-bleached and beautiful like an ethereal horizon.
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| New York City view from Tod's Point, Greenwich, CT |