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Joy in the Puzzle of Life

By leebythesea11 on November 29, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

  Tis the Season of giving, the Season of joy. Yes, many consider the holidays their Season of joyous giving. But others don’t wait for …the Season. While walking Bailey one day […]

Whales…Their Song and Dance

By leebythesea11 on November 12, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

They sing songs 20 minutes long for hours, they leap over their water-stage and pirouette in aerial grace. They are the humpback whales off Long Beach shores. Long Beach strollers have been […]

When Bone Meets Board

By leebythesea11 on October 17, 2016 • ( 6 Comments )

“I can’t stay calm, I’m a Lujan.” After a visit to Long Beach’s Top Hat Barber I was biking home when I spotted a man laying on the boardwalk ahead of me. […]

The Horny Creatives

By leebythesea11 on October 12, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

“I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.” Gilda Radner Gilda must have been pretty damned horny to utter that creative quote. I’ve been exposed […]

The Treasurists

By leebythesea11 on September 28, 2016 • ( 4 Comments )

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” Thornton Wilder Thornton Wilder, a favorite author, gives an example of his insight […]

A Happy Place

By leebythesea11 on September 8, 2016 • ( 8 Comments )

  There is a pulse to existence, you can hear it, you can see it…if you pay attention. I was traversing the Long Beach surf when I stopped to alight on a […]

Innocence

By leebythesea11 on August 2, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

“The child’s naive dream of life is the only one worth having.” Marty Rubin I was standing in the coffee line when the girl from Ipanema’s son gave me a cheerful, “Hi”. […]

The Egg and I

By leebythesea11 on July 14, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

In these most troubled times of the deaths of my Brothers in Dallas my heart aches. Their loved ones are inconsolable, lost in numbing grief. The sounds of Taps, the pipes and […]

Leap to Death…or Stand for Life

By leebythesea11 on July 6, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Some of us are drowning on this sea of life. She was pretty much following the example of her good friend Miriam when she jumped in front of the train…Miriam hung herself. […]

We Are Life

By leebythesea11 on June 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

“What we do to serve life automatically benefits all of us because we are all included in that which is life. We are life.” David R. Hawkins Wed. June 22nd, I biked […]

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