“This is not the library, ya know!” I recall my teen years visiting the local stationary or what we called, “the candy store.” I’d pick up a magazine and thumb through it. […]
When Cups Overflow
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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
We are Love
Music photo-video included, at bottom…for the sane of heart. The news strafes me daily with blasts of horror: The latest dealt with assembling components to blast nails, screws and bolts into the […]
Mindfulness? A Crock!
It’s spring and the Long Beach, NY boardwalk reflects it. The sun on your cheek is as warm and soft as a sigh, yet the air has a new-beginnings zest. I spotted […]
Reflections
One night this mirror will reflect…but a wall. Spring is upon us…again. Crocus creep out of the soil, I poke out of winter. But the flash is once again before me. Life […]
Strokin’ it
Despite the rumors, I haven’t been AWOL. And I missed you too. Some of you may have been checking this blog periodically to see if I have added a new post, especially […]
Super Bowl Sunday Splash
We’ve had a rogue wave of sorry surf hitting us of late: Attack political ads, computer virus, Zika virus, storm preps, tax preps. How to escape it all? By busting bare, well […]
The Wood Wide Web
I sometimes feel I pretty-much understand the natural world. Then I find myself saying, “What else don’t we know?” We are a social species, we humans. We’ve thrived on sharing news, […]
Whipped Cream Winter
The clouds can be of whipped cream… only if you want them to be. The TV warns, threatens: “breaking news, blizzard alert, massive storm, eighty million in its path. Stock up! Batteries! […]
Sipping the Season
Monday, Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year, found me a bit down. I was very aware of the clouds, the fog, the shortness of daylight… the shortness of life. Deaths […]
Biblical Hot Wheels
Many of us only use one gear on our bikes…and one gear of our lives. Then there are those who use every cog of every gear, of their bikes, of themselves. They […]
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