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Dume Cove, Point Dume State Beach, Malibu, California     February 20, 2014     2:10 pm–3:13 pm     breezy and sunny     63 °F     long-sleeved shirt (sleeves pushed up partway), quick-dry hiking pants, bare feet, sun hat     sat on rock on wet sand 10 yards from surf     roar and crash of waves coming in     calls of a few sea birds     delighted screams of my children chased by changing edges of surf     relaxed chatter of beachgoers     delicate salty sandy summery smell     toes curled through sand     saw lizards on walk there and back; crabs and a sea anemone in tide pool; gull and pelicans sailing over the waves; sea lions sunning on rocks off point, playing in water; whales spouting—a mother and calf hugging the shoreline, two others, separately, farther out