There are whirling blades offshore that are killing the wildlife we love. No, not windfarm blades but the props of these behemoths that kill whales and dolphins. Ships are always offshore waiting […]
Whales, Wings—and Hot Air
Simians By The Sea
I saw a man with his parrot. And as one who loves his parrot will do he shared with him the seascape— and his yogurt. I often encounter simians whose love for […]
Love Costs, But Love Gives
Long Beach lovers wait for it. It’s the annual joy when Oystercatcher chicks burst from their shells—and into our lives. These are some past photos I took of the chicks. Watching these […]
Presence, And The Silver Sea
I love fog. So when I biked the boards recently, I was pleased to see the pale veil over Long Beach shore. Hundreds of gulls nestled in the sand… …then rose, a […]
Angels In Our Midst…
The ladies exposed themselves to me. I saw them for what they were, stewards of our shore, picking up trash washed in by the tide. Angels, pure white-winged angels strode before me. […]
Life and the Sea
The beach was vast and empty, but for the shorebirds. Both east and west of me, they gathered like tidal pools of fluttering feathers. It was a sparkling October day, about sixty, […]
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 […]
Words and Birds
May 18 oystercatcher progress: The West nesters are still sitting after the flood:https://leebythesea.me/2016/05/13/compassion-on-the-sand/ The East hatchlings were scampering all over their new world. A couple of invading gulls appeared. But they suffered […]
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