“Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one.” Stella Adler I and other receptive souls think of our shore as a living mural, we walk […]
Unbecoming Art in Long Beach
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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
Benches, Bombs and Baloney
Albert Einstein: “May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back […]
He’s Bullish on Bonds—That Tie Us Together
Justin reeled in triumph like it was an October striper. Years ago, when my sister, Marilyn Kolk, accompanied her husband Joe to the Babylon dock, he asked her to buy some bait. […]
Of Whales and Wails
If you’re reading this you already have a brief respite from the TV’s wails of moms, dads, children drowning in more despondence they’ve ever known or will know. It’s American families who […]
Whales!
When I bike the boards of Long Beach shore I keep an eye out for whales. Armed with my new Nikon Z7 ii on my bikes back I feel I’m ready. But […]
Grinding Sands Release the Core
“There are days the ocean spits beautiful shells, and the next day, just sand.” Larry Bryant And so with this sea of life, some days joy, some days—not so much. But there […]
Oil Spills, Oil Paints—and Blood
“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” Bansky Biking the boards opens one up to sea, sky, salt air, and the people who bike, run, skate, or walk on this […]
These Others, Their Love, Their Laughter
One day in 1980, Hedy Page put paint to canvas at her spot on a Manhattan street. Her subject was the Plaza Hotel across the street. Hedy had painted many buildings and […]
A Boardwalk is Never a Bored Walk
Sunday, Ophelia pelted our shore—but our condo was becoming a bore. I usually don’t take pics in rain; my camera cost too much—and I’m not insane. I had rainwear for me—and my […]
Falling Backwards Into Joy
At the westernmost of our Long Beach boards, New York Ave, I watched for ospreys hauling freight or whales flaunting weight. I find the west end of the boards rich in such […]
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