I watched a single petal fall. 5:45 Saturday morning, April 30, 2016: We tried using the AC last night to keep the pollen out of our condo. Yes, air conditioning when the […]
Petals and Paws
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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
When Cups Overflow
“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. […]
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 […]
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