Paul was a standup comic for twenty years; he always liked to put a smile on people’s faces. He still does, but now he wants to do it by helping—just one person. […]
Standing Up—for Just One Person
Cooking With Fire—in the Belly
They are us. Robert Blau put smiles on kids—for the toys he sold, and grins on CEOs—for their bottom lines. Robert worked hard selling Raggedy Ann and Andy, Curious George, and The […]
A Crash and its Echoes
The steel crushed flesh and bone—and bone ripped away sight. Marianne Hassan and her husband Albert drove from a Christening to pick up their baby at grandma’s. It was May 25th, 1997, […]
Superheroes—and Us
Rob Rothman liked to draw as a kid, especially superheroes. But in high school, when actor Billy Crystal’s brother, Joel Crystal, taught him to paint, Rob fell in love with painting. I […]
A New Place to Play For You and Yours
I dared not enter that risky arena. I had no body armor or hazmat suit. A week ago I saw evidence that John Madera was still breathing his art onto our sand. […]
Unbecoming Art in Long Beach
“Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one.” Stella Adler I and other receptive souls think of our shore as a living mural, we walk […]
Benches, Bombs and Baloney
Albert Einstein: “May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back […]
He’s Bullish on Bonds—That Tie Us Together
Justin reeled in triumph like it was an October striper. Years ago, when my sister, Marilyn Kolk, accompanied her husband Joe to the Babylon dock, he asked her to buy some bait. […]
Of Whales and Wails
If you’re reading this you already have a brief respite from the TV’s wails of moms, dads, children drowning in more despondence they’ve ever known or will know. It’s American families who […]
Whales!
When I bike the boards of Long Beach shore I keep an eye out for whales. Armed with my new Nikon Z7 ii on my bikes back I feel I’m ready. But […]
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