Diving for protein, Wilson’s Storm Petrels*… …while a nearby gull eyed an ape’s bag of pretzels. One pulled from the surf a tasty prize… …then a decision formed behind yellow eyes: Tearing […]
Simian By The Sea
Lions and Lambs
It’s hard to really tell who’s the lion, who’s the lamb, but these two creatures sleep, walk, play, and just—be together. I’m told by Maureen, it all started about eight years ago […]
Only the Bold Build Bridges
“…that officer struck that bottle with his nightstick—filling that pocket with whiskey and glass.” Do black lives matter? Of course, they do. And no need to subsume that with “All lives matter.” […]
Of Boulders, Babes and Birthdays
“You deserve it for your birthday.” You thought my 80th birthday-on-the-boards: https://tinyurl.com/Lv-onbds was it for this new born octagenarian—one whose mind might be stuck at 18. Not so. I spent the morning of […]
Birthday Love on the Boards
We’ve all turned the big one: 30 years old, forty, fifty? Well, I’ve turned the big 80 this week. And due to Covidtimes my daughter, Kathleen and her family helped me celebrate […]
It’s Saturday Night…Alive!
Wear a mask and save another’s breath. Keep a distance and halt the spiral of death. Words to live by? An understatement. But we are social animals, we bipeds. So we adjust. […]
Keeping a Sunny Day Sunny
Sunday was a sunny day, and should have stayed that way. But black tires raced across white sand, and the rescuer’s flashing lights were ominous so early in the morning, it was […]
We’re Never Alone
She said, “People tell me ‘it must be terrible being alone,’ well it’s not terrible being alone, what’s terrible is people telling me, ‘it must be terrible being alone’.” I heard this […]
Happy Hours, Magical Minutes
Some days are magical, some might call them, “Heaven sent.” I’ve been struggling through these MORBID-COVID days, these police/protest-teargas days, these pooch-frightening fireworks days…and nights. As most of you know, when I […]
Got Grit? Grow a Pair! They Did!
This Memorial Day we remember those who died for us, who died in blasts of fire and steel. Troops fight for God… …for country…of course. But when engaged in battles for survival […]
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