Oceanic

Closing the hotel door behind me, I suddenly found myself looking into the eyes of a grey deer standing only a few metres away. We calmly observed each other for what felt like minutes. I even managed to say good morning in Swedish before the deer jumped back into the forest.

Afterwards, I decided to follow the shoreline to Sausalito for my morning run instead of crossing that red bridge over to the Presidio. The salty air helped clear my head a bit after all the intellectual frenzy, and I am reminded that today is Midsummer’s Eve: “midsommar med alla trolska krafter som hör därtill”.

Breakthrough Dialogue is ending with a plenary on ocean restoration and how to protect aquatic life. Ahead of me, I now have two days on my own in the Bay Area, which I plan to fill with a half marathon race on Angel Island and lots of article writing. Hopefully, I will be able to bring some of the raw academic energy of the Dialogue into my writing.