Category: Wahine Wednsedays

  • The Wisdom Is In The Moment

    “Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot.  Seek the path that demands your whole being.”   Rumi Bolsa Chica State Beach Today in the water the conditions reminded me of the day a couple weeks ago when I was stung by the stingray.  Beautiful weather, small waves, lowish tide.  As I was headed in…

  • A Page From A Surfer Girl’s Journal

    5-8-13 Today was one of those days.  A day where if it weren’t for the goal to surf 52 Wednesdays, every Wednesday for a year, we never would have gotten in the water.  The commitment to Wahine Wednesdays was our driving force. It had rained the day before.  I usually wait the recommended 72 hours…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge:Layers

    Elemental layers of a Southern California sunset in November. Water  Earth  Fire  Air One set upon the other K http://wahinewednesdays.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/weekly-photo-challenge-layers/

  • Finding A Smile In Little Things

    There is no surf today.  The weather has turned bad.  It’s windy, cloudy and cold.  Winter may finally be arriving in So.Cal. So on a day I cannot form a smile from glassy waves and sunny skies…I will search for it in other places. And this song is a place I can find it every…

  • What A Stingray Had To Remind Me

    Today is Wahine Wednesday. The 35th Wednesday on our road to 52. And, ya know, sometimes things just don’t go as planned. On the way to my plan of surfing this 35th Wednesday, I was stung by a stingray.  An occupational hazard when you are a surfer.  Tiare had actually been stung on Monday.  How…

  • Traces of Her: Weekly Writing Challenge

    My mother died 6 days after I got married.  I was 26. She was my role model, my biggest cheer leader, my sounding board, my confidant.  My best friend. She loved unconditionally.  She showed me how to handle difficulties and problems with courage and grace.  As I became a young woman, she kept judgment to…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

    Coffee-My Daily Habit Yes, coffee is a daily habit for me.  Oftentimes twice a day!!  Not something I am particularly proud of.  Drinking coffee doesn’t change the world or make anyone’s life better.  It is my little friend.  My boost of energy.  My warm cup of encouragement.  The part of my day I can always…

  • Weekly Photo Challenge-Connections

    Daily Prompt: Connections Connections are bonds of love.  This picture of connection touches me deep in my soul.  My teenage son on the left and my younger brother on the right.  They live 700 miles apart.  They see each other once a year.  Yet, their connection is a force to be reckoned with.  It is…

  • Love To Calm A Stormy Sea

    Four months ago we organized a small paddle out.  The first one I’ve been involved in. A ‘Paddle Out’ is a memorial to honor friends and loved ones that have died.  A way for surfers to pay tribute to people they have lost.  Everyone paddles out beyond the breakwater where the seas are calm.  They…

  • Sun Going Down On So. Cal.

    Driving down the coast, I just had to pull over and snap a picture of the sunset. The lone kite in the sky, the lights in the distance, the people on the shore.  We are all living our lives the best way we know how. I think we’re doing alright. K