The Abundance of the Sea

It was a perfect day for a long run - the skies overcast, the temperatures in the 50s.  It was the first opportunity we have had to run since last Sunday afternoon, and it felt good to loosen up legs cramped by travel.  I felt a little clumsy and awkward at first (as if I had not run in six days and had driven 1500 miles), but after a mile or two things smoothed out and we both had great Saturday morning long runs - six miles for Martha, ten miles for me.  When I entered my mileage in my running log, though, I realized that my weekly mileage this week would be exactly the same as my daily mileage. 

Still, it is good to celebrate milestones.  I even picked up the pace in the last mile, the Atlantic Ocean at my left elbow, the beach wide and smooth, strengthened by the knowledge that Jane and Bill were recovering well and that we would be here for some time now, settling in and enjoying this wonderful place.

The only plan for the rest of the day was to stock up on necessities at the grocery store and at Blue Ocean, our go-to fish market for truly fresh local seafood (see January 18 post).  There was such an abundance of seafood to choose from, laid out on ice, priced by the pound.  So hard to choose!  (We had scallops again)

"Then you shall see and be radiant; 

your heart shall thrill and exult, 

because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you . . ."

 - Isaiah 60:5