Life, that’s what all we shore denizens seek to preserve. As I stroll our Long Beach sands and streets I observe, I learn, about life…about survival. Sandpipers Sandpipers chase into the bursting […]
The Perpetual Chase…of Life
The Indian Summer of Life
Don’t miss the video at the bottom of this post. I think you’ll find it’s worth the three minutes. Merriam Webster: Indian summer, 1) a period of warm or mild weather in […]
Sucking It Up
The mechanical wonder that is taking place on and off our Long Beach shore is only matched by the natural wonder of our shorebirds dealing with it, some shore creatures coping better […]
Freedom Is A Beach
As we come to a close of yet one more Fantastic Fourth holiday, paid for by all our past and present men and women in uniform, I give you one of my […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fantail Follies
I was a teen in the fifties. I joined the Marines in 1959 and aboard ship, I’d hear over the speakers, “Now hear this. Give her a clean sweep down fore […]
Safe Ports, In This Sea of Insanity
Video included at no extra charge. We had a train of nor’easters roaring through the northeast, a region of which, my home, Long Beach, NY is a part. Three back-to-back, coast-eroding, home-flooding […]
Whales, the Majesty, the Splendor
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi The whales are here and…I’ll be glad when they’re gone. Yes, the whales have been […]
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