10-16-2003, 09:44 PM
Wanderlust. It happens. It also happens to keep us alive.
Try getting stuck in the High Desert of southern California for ten years, with nothing but dust and brush and desert wind to grace your sight in all that time. And then one day, without purpose or plan, just break out the car and head for the closest point of sea. From the browns and tans of the Antelope Valley to the black-pebbled beach and backlight marine cover of Dana Point. The last time I had seen ocean water until then was a whale-watch in the 5th grade, and this from a kid who spent his childhood beach trips at Tarague on the north coast of Guam. It was good to be back.
Try getting stuck in the High Desert of southern California for ten years, with nothing but dust and brush and desert wind to grace your sight in all that time. And then one day, without purpose or plan, just break out the car and head for the closest point of sea. From the browns and tans of the Antelope Valley to the black-pebbled beach and backlight marine cover of Dana Point. The last time I had seen ocean water until then was a whale-watch in the 5th grade, and this from a kid who spent his childhood beach trips at Tarague on the north coast of Guam. It was good to be back.
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.