“I suspect she might have heard that crack kills.” In these TV days of political turmoil, climate change, bombings, terror of all makes and models one finds it necessary to circle the […]
Pups and Presence
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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
Raindrops and Heartbeats
I was alone. The day was gray. Christmas had just passed along with yet another “Happy” New Year. This year had been a sad passing. I walked to the window of our […]
Wrapping Presence
The clock on the wall held meaningless symbols. I was reading, “Einstein and the Poet” when Cheryl walked in. She came for a coffee break from her work studio down the hall; […]
Chestnuts of Joy
We went into Manhattan recently and saw the Rockefeller Center tree, the colored lights, the ice skaters. But it was the aroma that got me. There was a spot near Rockefeller Center […]
Joy in the Puzzle of Life
Tis the Season of giving, the Season of joy. Yes, many consider the holidays their Season of joyous giving. But others don’t wait for …the Season. While walking Bailey one day […]
Whales…Their Song and Dance
They sing songs 20 minutes long for hours, they leap over their water-stage and pirouette in aerial grace. They are the humpback whales off Long Beach shores. Long Beach strollers have been […]
When Bone Meets Board
“I can’t stay calm, I’m a Lujan.” After a visit to Long Beach’s Top Hat Barber I was biking home when I spotted a man laying on the boardwalk ahead of me. […]
The Horny Creatives
“I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.” Gilda Radner Gilda must have been pretty damned horny to utter that creative quote. I’ve been exposed […]
The Treasurists
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” Thornton Wilder Thornton Wilder, a favorite author, gives an example of his insight […]
A Happy Place
There is a pulse to existence, you can hear it, you can see it…if you pay attention. I was traversing the Long Beach surf when I stopped to alight on a […]
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