Gualala Redwood Forest and Tidal River

Instructions for living a life:
     Pay attention.
     Be astonished.
     Tell about it.
Mary Oliver From: “Sometimes”

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Day 3:
Into the forest....out at the river
Into the river….out on its shore.
I hadn’t worn my river shoes, yet the cold water beckoned.
Maybe I’ll come back tomorrow, I thought.
“Be Here, Now!” Pema Chodron’s words whispered on the wind.
So I was –
Off with the shoes, off with the socks,
The bottom very pebbly (the river bottom, not mine :-)
Very squishy (again, the river)
Unstable – this time, me.
I grabbed a stick floating lazily.
Found my balance,
Cool
Clarity.

Note: the ferns in the main are as tall as I (to lend scale to the scene)
Extras: 
~ Gualala River laced with autumn leaves (tidal flows stain the river rocks white)