Less than one percent of Americans serve in our armed forces—put themselves in harms way—as do their families. It’s so easy to take these men and women for granted because they always […]
Our Platinum Patriots
Veterans’ Support? Not Too Rare!
Memorial Day is gone, and, damn the calendar…it’s now summer I did a lot of bike riding on our Long Beach’s 2.2-mile boardwalk over the Memorial Day weekend complete with wearing a […]
Heroes? I Do Swear.
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 […]
Got Gratitude? Take a Number!
“There was this soldier with his wife and young daughter. They were visibly upset.” I have a long history of wanting the things I do and say preserved…forever. I’ve sent one or […]
High on Love, America and Rubber Bands
“There is no art without love. Art is always the making of the soul, the craft of man’s touch…so it has been since Neanderthal times and so it will always be.” […]
Long Beach Waterfront Warriors Honor Heroes
The sprawling city of Long Beach, NY sits East of the towering city known as the Big Apple. But it doesn’t sit in the shadow of any city when it comes to […]
A Confluence of Circumstances
It rained human bodies upon a field of sunflowers this week. Rockets replaced words in the Middle East as a means of communication…again. Peace, it seems so rare in the news these […]
The Beaches of the Free
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 […]
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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