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 […]
A Daddy Gunned Down
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 […]
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 […]
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