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NNadir

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3. I have a photograph of my wife when she was, maybe, 23...

Reply to hunter (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 27, 2021, 08:40 PM

Jul 2021

...in just such a place, knee deep in the water, this fabulous smile of free and simple joy.

I have similar pictures of her in this magnificent grove of pin oaks in Pfeiffer Big Sur, and others wading the stream there.

I love those pictures from our youth, the most beautiful places and the most beautiful woman, together.

She's still here, older but more beautiful, but it breaks my heart to think of what must have become of those places.

In a way, I'm glad I don't have to look.

It's a long time since I was a Californian, but I can certainly grieve for what was.

It didn't have to be this way, but it is.

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My favorite Sierra Mountain skinny dipping spot has water that barely reaches my ankles. hunter Jul 2021 #1

I have a photograph of my wife when she was, maybe, 23... NNadir Jul 2021 #3

Nope, it didn't have to be this way. hunter Jul 2021 #4

Yes, yes, yes, Eko Jul 2021 #2