Fly Fishing the Surf by Starlight

Feeling like myself, 2020. Photo taken by my talented friend, Blake.

I spend more time than I probably should looking ahead to a hypothetical time when “I’ll feel like myself again.” Do I not feel like myself already? I’ve come a long way; I can do close to everything that I used to.

I shaved my “recovery beard,” which I said I’d shave when I felt more l…