“There is no art without love. Art is always the making of the soul, the craft of man’s touch…so it has been since Neanderthal times and so it will always be.” […]
High on Love, America and Rubber Bands
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 at Leebythesea.me
Trick or Bleat
Easing on down the highway of tax horror… A pike to fishermen is something on his hook, but pikes of Medieval times were pointy shafts like the points of spears, or javelins. […]
Speed Zone Cameras are Taxing our Patience
This week our local Nassau Co NY Legislature shied away from a property tax increase of 3.4% or about $41 for the average homeowner. Election day shyness. At least that property tax rise […]
The Whales of October are Here
Hello Brazil! The sea is alive with a frenzy of feeding. The ocean off Long Beach, NY seemed particularly healthy this year, last year too. This year the water was as clear […]
Support your Local Speed Zone Camera
Drivers of the world, unite. In the good ol’ USA, local governments have turned to traffic cameras to make the streets safer…it says here. In beautiful downtown Nassau County on New York’s […]
Let’s Join at the Groin
The jetties of Long Beach protrude into the North Atlantic like black piano keys under a grand-piano swoop of white sand. They are my sanctuary. These beach protrusions are actually groins, […]
Civilized Wrath Unleashed
Riders of planet Earth, ISIS has raised its head…it’s time for nature to take its course: There comes a time when civilized humankind can be forgiven for yielding to wrath. As when […]
Whispers of Darkness, Whispers of Light
A scream from my TV pierces my eyes, ears and heart at the same time. It’s a helpless plea from a young girl that shakes my soul. The screen is filled daily […]
Long Beach Waterfront Warriors Honor Heroes
The sprawling city of Long Beach, NY sits East of the towering city known as the Big Apple. But it doesn’t sit in the shadow of any city when it comes to […]
A Confluence of Circumstances
It rained human bodies upon a field of sunflowers this week. Rockets replaced words in the Middle East as a means of communication…again. Peace, it seems so rare in the news these […]
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