I’m grateful these days. Beauty awaits me at every turn—every turn around the sun. I think it’s because I am so thankful to be alive while so many I knew, so many […]
Roses Are Red, Bloody Thorns, Too, but They Need Not Be the Focus for You.
Why, Mr. Winters, are you hitting on me?
I thought, Holy crap! When I look at this 2018 Long Beach phone I feel the nostalgia of those phones, the calls I made on them, asking for dates, telling news on […]
It’s Saturday Night…Alive!
Wear a mask and save another’s breath. Keep a distance and halt the spiral of death. Words to live by? An understatement. But we are social animals, we bipeds. So we adjust. […]
We’re Never Alone
She said, “People tell me ‘it must be terrible being alone,’ well it’s not terrible being alone, what’s terrible is people telling me, ‘it must be terrible being alone’.” I heard this […]
Happy Hours, Magical Minutes
Some days are magical, some might call them, “Heaven sent.” I’ve been struggling through these MORBID-COVID days, these police/protest-teargas days, these pooch-frightening fireworks days…and nights. As most of you know, when I […]
Biking Through Coronafires
“I was peddling in the springtime of my life, a springtime amidst the crowd of winter-coated seniors.” It was a sunny Sunday. I biked the boards with a sunny disposition to match. […]
Passion
“Sustained enthusiasm…a wave of creative energy, and all you have to do is ‘ride the wave’.” Eckhart Tolle I love being alone. Not all the time, of course. But when I’m writing […]
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 […]
Through Love Colored Glasses
When steel is so light. I only intended a short five mile boardwalk bike ride. It was Easter Sunday morning, a glorious sunny morning. The boardwalk was alive with early joggers, bikers […]
Made in the American Shade
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” Elmer Davis I feel there is no point in being free in […]
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