“The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.” Conrad Anker, Team Leader, North Face climbing team From the boardwalk, I spotted the painter applying her media before […]
Twin Peaks
Americans And Their Machines
This is about America and those who man her machines. We honor men and women who labored for America to keep it vital and competitive. In Long Beach, NY we see machines […]
See Levels
“Often the truth is in front of your face, but your eyes and heart are so full of lies that you can’t see it.” Shannon Alder Sunday morning at Long Beach, NY […]
And Pumping It Down
There’s been quite a bit of interest and subsequent questions re: my previous post, “Sucking It Up.”: https://leebythesea.me/2018/07/28/sucking-it-up/ So here’s a bit more. First, the Oystercatcher nesters right next to the pounding pile […]
Sucking It Up
The mechanical wonder that is taking place on and off our Long Beach shore is only matched by the natural wonder of our shorebirds dealing with it, some shore creatures coping better […]
Twists And Terns
Twist like there’s no one watching. As I walk our Long Beach shore I sometimes see symmetry in the life before me, on the ground and floating above…a reciprocal poetry. Life expressing itself. […]
Freedom Is A Beach
As we come to a close of yet one more Fantastic Fourth holiday, paid for by all our past and present men and women in uniform, I give you one of my […]
Americans, In Their Freedom
The land of the free…for you and me. No fireworks here, just Americans…exploding in everyday gratitude. I took a stroll and a bike ride this week, across Long Beach, across the sand, across […]
Summer, And Once Again…Death
Drowning sucks Over 3,600 of us drown every year in America. Ten people per day. Drowning is in the top five for deaths between the ages of five and fourteen. Ditto between […]
In the Spring of Life…Death
The sun was still high in the sky that late afternoon as sunbathers took in the last rays of the day and volleyball competitors battled over nets, a happy sand-and-seascape. But it […]
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