Tonight Rhonda and I dine in AC at the excellent Knife and Fork. We’ve been doing a date nite on vacation for a while.

I woke up early today and decided to sit on the beach and watch the sun come up. I took a few pictures using both my phone and the E-M10 Mark IV. I was surprised by how many people had the same idea. You can conceive of a compressed version of reality that comports with your experience, but there are always people living meaningful lives that differ just subtly from your own.

This kid is off to college in the fall. I can’t see anything materially that is causing him any hesitation, but the liminal space between senior graduation and moving away to a university is dense. I’m very proud and happy to be able to be supportive in all of the ways that I have been. I loved this picture I snuck last night.

Joe’s girlfriend joined us for several nites but went home last night. She is a hard-working kid and just plugged right into the OCNJ vibe, with the fun, food, and family. It’s a very nice thing, watching your kids pair-bond.

Do we hope to capture these moments… these ephemera… to avoid forgetting them? In the hopes that we’ll see them again one day and remember them fondly? To think that we are, somehow, casting the shadow of our mortality just a bit longer than its natural demarcation?

Yes. Yes we do.