May 21, 2010
So we mozied over to the beach last night with the kidlets to see the sun set (which was conveniently obstructed by the marine layer of course), and I was reminded once again just how much I love the smell of the salty air and the sound of waves crashing against the dunes at high tide. In fact, it looked a lot like the photo at the top of my blog…which reminded me why I had put it there in the first place: I feel my most creative at the ocean’s edge. I breath easily and drink it in with all my senses…it’s my perfect creative oasis. I’ve always done my most productive writing and editing at the beach – even as a teenager writing short stories – my beach bag always has a notebook and my favorite fine tip pen (the right pen is essential!)
My husband always asks where I want to retire, and truthfully, I can only think that I want to retire next-door to my three children – because of course they’ll all want to live on the same road next to their mother, right? But last night, as the kids ran around on the dunes and I watched the waves and the tall grass wave in the wind, I realized that what I really want is to retire at a beach front property with a cozy writing room overlooking the water with giant shuttered windows – and of course the perfect fine point pen…
Do you have a favorite place to write…someplace that releases your creativity like no other?