The Ocean is More Important Than Ever

Published: July 21, 2020, 10:11 a.m.

I think about it for a moment. And then I run my hand down the worn wooden railing that leads down a half-dozen rickety steps to the beach. Down at the far end of the narrow path, a family waits until I pass, busying themselves with a honeysuckle vine that has tangled into the mother’s hair.