Today I was at sea, and after yesterday's metaphor for finding purpose in life, it seemed fitting to be taking a catamaran to visit Catalina Island, off the Southern Californian Coast, for some R and R. The island's topography is a lot like Siavonga, a town by Lake Kariba. Siavonga never fails to revitalise me, and Catalina Island came close to that kind of regeneration. I felt the hot sun on my back, my body was warmed, I stretched and reacquainted myself with my functioning body. I even took a a proper, full body dip in the Pacific for the first time :). I have only been able to wade because, contrary to what you may have seen on Baywatch, California beaches are pretty cold and the most I have ever managed is going in to my knees! I'm sorry but 20-25 degrees Celcius is not hot, it's not even warm! You need at least 30 to be able to start going into water without risking turning into, in my case, a brown icicle. While out on the ferry, looking at the great expanse of water I felt at home. Deep, wide water has a way of calming me. So being in that "canoe" on the river with no end in sight is not so bad really. Especially seeing as my fortune cookie after dinner told me to expect a "welcome surprise this week" ;}! So maybe I'm getting close to that waterfall...
Also thought you would appreciate some more quotes I liked from So Long a Letter:
"Man is one: greatness and animal fused together. None of his acts is pure charity. None is pure bestiality."
"A woman is like a ball; once a ball is thrown no one can predict where it will bounce. You have no control over where it rolls, and even less over who gets it. Often it is grabbed by an unexpected hand..."
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