Date = 16 November I didn’t make it to the race. Place = San Francisco (Grimm house waterfall) But at least this beautiful place makes up for it. POV - Melaena A white, frothy cascade of water spills down into a deep blue plunge pool, churning before it roils and bubbles its way through the warm sandy beach and empties into the ocean. Dark rocks frame the cove, their faces softened by moss and pale lichen, like time itself has been gentled here. The place feels hidden. Secret. A precious little gem tucked away from the world. I wiggle my toes, digging my feet into the sand, letting the warmth ground me, as I watch a kingfisher swoop into the water — an electric flash of blue — before it bursts back out with a small squirming fish clamped in its beak. It lands in one of the tree shr

