gnarly

Sometimes the surfer catches a gnarly wave, and other times a shark catches the surfer.

"I've broken my foot bad playing with my kids. I'll spare you the details but it was pretty gnarly," he said, showing his leg in plaster.

Dan Bifano is in a hurry, but it’s in his nature to be gracious, so he keeps his countenance serene even though gnarly traffic on the Pacific Coast Highway has made his visitors very late.

If being alone is the eternal problem, as Sade and Mina seem to acknowledge, love, in all its gnarly reality, is the only way to be truly seen.

In February, during a gnarly bout of the flu, I found both comfort and strength in my very first cup of elderberry lemon balm tea.