It’s summertime! And the livin’ is fantastic. The the pools are filled and the burgers are grilled. Summer is fun alright but it can be a blur from Memorial Day to Labor […]
The Beaches of the Free
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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
A Father’s Love? Baloney!
There are some sentences that really grabbed my attention in life, like, “I love you, Daddy.” I heard those powerful words on a day when I couldn’t believe I was hearing them. […]
Blood of Steel
Is there ever a silver lining to murder? How about a steel lining? Job, such a tiny, compact, three-wheeled word to carry so much freight. But it does. It often carries […]
Size Still Matters
Size still matters, but it’s all about the size of the heart: Back on my local Long Beach, NY: I followed up on my previous post, “Size Matters”: I returned to the […]
Grenades, Stencils or Gliding Gulls
Beaches. Sometimes stencils, sometimes grenades. Peace Day. Ever hear of it? Me neither. I’m sure it’s mentioned on the evening news at times but I don’t recall it. Maybe I should. But […]
Size Matters…
Size matters, but not always. Every year for at least several, American Oystercatchers have chosen to lay their eggs right in the open spaces of our shores at Long beach, NY. They […]
The Naked Patriot
“Mrs. Winters, your son is standing on the corner singing…and he’s naked!” That’s what the neighbor at our South Ozone Park door told my mom when I was a tot. My mom […]
Whites Only? But we’re Marines!
The street above was my classroom. I learned more than just tossing that ball. What I learned was to be part of the problem. So did many of us. Could I ever evolve? Could […]
Our Vets Didn’t Fake it
They gave their blood, their limbs, their functioning minds. We gave them fake hope, for help…then let them die on fake lists. Too many young Americans march off to war, with blood infused with […]
Moms who Row and Moms who Sow
“…she sowed compassion in us…a dollar at a time.” Mothers Day, to remember, to honor A journal entry: Oct. 15, 1974 a visit to the hospital’s ICU: You can only visit for […]
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