At the Edge of the Ocean - literally

I'm in Tofino, on what I imagine is the farthest west on Vancouver Island one can go without taking a dip. I've been here before so this isn't a piece on the revelations of seeing new places. In fact, it's likely to be more of a series of random thoughts based on the wish I was experiencing revelations.

But here I am. And as the title says, I'm on the edge of the ocean. And even without the traditional Fogust (August and Fog mixed together) that Tofino is known for, I can't see a thing.

So why am I here? - and in this sense, I mean here in the blogosphere. Well it's simple and lame - I can't write anything - not on paper, not in email, not in the sand even - without thinking before I write, that someone else is going to read what I write, so I had better make it something good. How lame is that? Seriously lame. I can't help it, or at least I don't think I can because I've really made an effort to stop feeling this way. So I'm blogging because I've heard that there are so many blogs and so many postings to blogs every day that there's really no chance that anyone is going to read this. This is my final attempt to write something that isn't self-censored. But of course it's not. Well not yet anyway. I still have hope that I will get to the day when the feelings come out, and transfer to my fingers, without reservation, judgement, self-loathing (can I spell?), or restriction. Time will tell.

And why am I calling this blog, At the Edge of the Ocean? Well, besides the fact that I'm out here in Tofino and it naturally fits, it's also for the place I feel within myself - on the edge of the ocean. Not on a window ledge. Not at a crossroads - because life would be simpler if there were only two choices - but on the edge of the ocean. Something wide, vast, unending and so compelling that you come back every year searching from it's edge for something. Searching. Always searching.

So here I am. Welcome to my brain, world. And for those of you who have happened upon my blog, my apologies.

Oh yeah, and I'll add a photo shortly.

Oh, and yeah, I love the Ivy song Edge of the Ocean too.