These days when veterans are a political topic, it might be good to pause. To take a look, take little listen, to what it’s really all about. Men and women stand up […]
Heroes? I Do Swear.
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
New Eyes
“The real voyage of discovery comes not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust New Horizons spacecraft brought us new landscapes from Pluto three billion miles from Earth…our […]
Americans, Native and Revolutionary
He may not be the last of the Mohicans but his genes reveal the lasting tenacity of that great Native American nation. He’s known as “Montauk Man” or you can just call […]
Life, Death, Sand and Ice
The oystercatcher nest at Lindell Blvd is no more. Yes, that’s right, the egg was destroyed. And the chick was to be born just about now. This time the death of new […]
Wherethesundontshine
Faithful readers, I’ve started a new blog to supplement this sunny-side blog of leebythesea you’ve been used to. The new one serves in a kind of brother sun, sister moon capacity. Here’s the […]
Just Let the Friz Be
The continuing saga of the Long Beach Oystercatchers: If you haven’t been following, see first post:https://leebythesea.me/2015/05/27/the-fragile-and-the-furious/ Followed by: https://leebythesea.me/2015/05/31/so-fragile-so-precious/ Sunday I went to check on the sweet chicks that frequent our Long Beach […]
So Fragile, so Precious
The beach was bare…sometimes that’s not so good. On Fri. May 29th I rode my bike down to Magnolia Blvd beach and incredibly, no cones, no oystercatchers. Cones, down again? Missing oystercatchers? […]
The Fragile and the Furious
“maybe it’s time to treat all beings as members of our civilization.” See first link. Long Beach, NY is conspicuous for its compassion for the creatures with whom we dwell. You might […]
Fist or Finger?
Like a spring stem bursting from its soil, the tower rises, an icon of America’s renewal. It is risen from the ashes of the thousands who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. But […]
Dances with Dogs
Video at the bottom of page. “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” Attributed to Will Rogers…but embraced by me. I’m […]
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