The Ides of summer are upon us. For some it’s the summer of life: Work, study, family…sun, sand, surf…training, workouts, rescues. Muscles toned, skin taut, minds alert, bodies agile. Swim to […]
Lifeguard II
leebythesea11
I'm a former Marine and retired NYC Transit Police Detective. I offer a photo journal blog that is mostly about beach life, the wildlife and the semi-wild human denizens of the shore. I find the former can teach much to the latter.
Lifeguard
Video included at no extra charge. They guard lives. They save lives. It’s as simple as that. They are the lifeguards on America’s shores. We see them on their perches tanned and […]
The Cookie Man
This is about attitude…and gratitude. First, attitude: “Most of it’s attitude, you think old, you dress old, you’ll look old, you’ll act old.” The Cookie Man, Pat Augustine. My thoughts exactly. The […]
Life, on a Grain of Sand
“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.” William Blake Sometimes when […]
Fuzzballs
“Education is key, ignorance is ugly…hopefully, we turn the ugly around.” Cathy Horvath WINORR Our Long Beach, NY shore, as you know, is being heavily renovated and we welcome that. But our […]
Reap the Wind, Harvest the Sun
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw I’m often thought of as “Mr. Sunshine” for seeing the silver linings in just […]
Canvas by the Sea
“Life is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau The City by the Sea, a canvas of sand, sea and sky…on a boardwalk easel. In the last two weeks I […]
Habits and Habitats
Share habitations? It’s about habits. When I was a smoker over thirty five years ago I had my habit fine tuned. When I’d leave home, I’d get in the car and just […]
Through Love Colored Glasses
When steel is so light. I only intended a short five mile boardwalk bike ride. It was Easter Sunday morning, a glorious sunny morning. The boardwalk was alive with early joggers, bikers […]
A Voice Through the Heart
“He can never speak, can’t cry and is blind. And he changes people’s lives.” I recently biked the boardwalk in search of oystercatcher photos, construction photos, the issues of the day in […]
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