The land of the free…for you and me. No fireworks here, just Americans…exploding in everyday gratitude. I took a stroll and a bike ride this week, across Long Beach, across the sand, across […]
Americans, In Their Freedom
Summer, And Once Again…Death
Drowning sucks Over 3,600 of us drown every year in America. Ten people per day. Drowning is in the top five for deaths between the ages of five and fourteen. Ditto between […]
In the Spring of Life…Death
The sun was still high in the sky that late afternoon as sunbathers took in the last rays of the day and volleyball competitors battled over nets, a happy sand-and-seascape. But it […]
Messages, We Live Them
The captain looked sharp in full uniform…though he was deceased. I attended his wake. I worked with Harry Hassler in Transit Police Dist 20 in the 1970s. We were both cops. […]
Be…As Long As You Can…Be
Please…stay a little longer. Some of you who have followed my previous post have seen that not all nesting Oystercatchers are successful in their breeding. A mysterious destruction of a nest to […]
Fuzzy Life, Clear Message
“My life is my message,” Mahatma Gandhi You may recall our Long Beach effort to protect our shore’s Oystercatcher nesting on mounds of unsifted sands: https://tinyurl.com/bdwkS-eyes But sadly, I visited the site […]
Moor Worries
The boat threatened to smash against the jetty. We anticipated a leisurely late afternoon beach wander. But we encountered some dramatic happenings along the way. We were strolling the Long Beach sands […]
America…Lock and Load!
Sometimes it’s about protecting baby chicks on the beach, sometimes it’s about protecting…our children. America, it’s time we stepped up. It’s time we picked up our defensive weaponry. As Memorial Day approaches […]
Optical Delusions
An oystercatcher nest was destroyed right “before my eyes.” As you’ve observed from previous posts we Long Beach residents love our oystercatchers. So when they set up their nests this year they […]
Boardwalk Eyes
“If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine.” Frederico Fellini What is our purpose here, on this globe? Is it to evolve, to change, in tiny incremental steps? If so, maybe […]
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