I suspect you are all Poped out right now. But… I thought if I went into the city Friday my chances of getting a good Pope photo were nil. I had no […]
I Went to See the Hope
Is Anyone Listening?
Is anyone listening? I spotted Joe doing impossible (for me anyway) pull ups at a chinning bar on our Long Beach boardwalk. He had gray hair which made the sight of his […]
Afterlife and Soul
Sometimes I touch things that reach my heart, my soul. Sometimes it’s a touch of natural things: earth, sand, wood, water. The touch of an iPad screen can reach a satellite orbiting […]
A Daddy Gunned Down
Words. They matter. Today the New York Big Apple is so far…yet so close to…the Big Heart of Texas. A cop, Deputy Darren Goforth was assassinated there. Shot point blank…15 times. They’ll […]
WhenWeAreOne
Sometimes I see metaphor in the sea’s ripples, sometimes I just see the ripples. On a recent day, once again, I was appreciating the seascape in my sand chair. I heard the […]
When We Meet
Ripples on the sand, of joy, of art…of sadness too. I was in my sand chair as close to the water as one can be without actually being in it. I watched […]
This Didn’t Need to Happen
I introduced myself to the deceased. We were both cops. He lay in his casket, suit-and-tied up. A NYC Transit Police Dept patch was near him. I’d never met him but we’d […]
Keeping the Soul Ajar
“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.” Emily Dickenson My dad and many of yours too would start with, “Why, when I was a boy…” to reminisce […]
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 […]
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 […]
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