Add another “want” to the list

I want a summer place in Grand Haven, Michigan. It’s absolutely beautiful. The town is so clean and quaint. The houses are beautiful, the lawns perfectly manicured. Of course, if I lived there, I’d need to abandon my “no gardening” method of gardening. On Saturday evening, nautically attired crowds gathered to hear the musical fountain and to walk the long pier toward the lighthouse. (Note to self: shop at Nautica)

We watched the gulls fly through the mist that rose from the waves hitting the breaker wall and then up to the cottonball clouds that hung beneath a summer blue sky. The sun dropped to the mast tips of the sailboats on the horizon before we left.

A place like that is incredibly inspiring. My fingers itch just thinking about it and all I want to do is sit on beach with a pad of paper (my laptop would probably get sand in it), a few choice Uniball pens, and write. Water has always been a great source of inspiration for me and that particular spot on the planet simply spoke to me.

I’m already looking forward to going back (I’m mentally packing my beach chair, umbrella, floppy hat, notebook, and pens). In the meantime, I will bathe in the waters of inspiration that I’ve taken with me.