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 […]
Long Beach Waterfront Warriors Honor Heroes
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 […]
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 […]
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