Kate Ryan Ah, the beach. The sun, the waves, the blissful sound of seagulls stealing your lunch. It’s paradise — right up until you get home and discover that sand has somehow infiltrated your camera bag, your sandwich, your soul. You shake out your towel and three pounds of the Sahara come flying out. You find sand in … Read more
Ah, the beach life. Palm trees swaying, salty air filling your lungs, and the sound of waves that somehow makes every single problem feel approximately 1,000% smaller. People dream about living near the ocean — they pin it, they post about it, they put it on vision boards. But those of us who actually do it? We … Read more
At 30 you were performing the beach. At 60 you’re actually living it. There is a photograph somewhere — possibly buried in a box, possibly on a hard drive from 2003, possibly burned because you made certain decisions about your hair that year — of you at the beach in your 30s. You look great. … Read more
You’ve shown up without sunscreen. You’ve eaten warm, sad crackers. You’ve learned. This list is the result. There is a version of you from ten years ago who packed a beach bag the night before with great confidence and absolutely zero wisdom. She brought one water bottle for a four-hour beach day. She forgot a … Read more
There’s a certain kind of wisdom that doesn’t come from books or podcasts or a very enthusiastic life coach named Chad. It comes from years of hauling a tote bag the size of a small child to the water’s edge, losing a sandal to a rogue wave, and slowly, gloriously, figuring out what actually matters … Read more