The host of the Water, Water Everywhere Challenge is Jez.

Pismo Beach was the emptiest she'd ever seen it, one day in mid-August.

Pismo Beach is important to self's emotional life, not just because son attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and was here a lot: because Carlos Bulosan wrote a harrowing story about being a migrant worker here (in the 1940s) and feeling cold and isolated and weary.

Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.