She paints love on the walls in the City By The Sea. Juliet paints in black on white for our troubled blue planet. I wrote a bit about Juliet in 2019 when […]
Aren’t We Better Than This?
Simian By The Sea
Diving for protein, Wilson’s Storm Petrels*… …while a nearby gull eyed an ape’s bag of pretzels. One pulled from the surf a tasty prize… …then a decision formed behind yellow eyes: Tearing […]
Marilyn, and Other Misfits
A day in the hay with Marilyn Monroe Biking the boards I came upon a white-stached man feeding a white feathered pigeon. I pulled alongside. Mark Taylor feeds pigeons, he loves them, […]
Polymer Poop
From pretty things to effluent waste Followers of my blog know I feel communion with the shore. When I’m there, I’m home. The ocean’s edge is a return to innocence. I see […]
Wingman
Not all Long Beach birds are airborne. Harley, a harlequin macaw parrot, is loveborne. Harley and his wingman, Mike Lee, come to the boardwalk often, weather permitting. Heat is a threat. In the […]
Fuzzballs
“Education is key, ignorance is ugly…hopefully, we turn the ugly around.” Cathy Horvath WINORR Our Long Beach, NY shore, as you know, is being heavily renovated and we welcome that. But our […]
Oystercatchers and Jetty Patchers
See video at bottom of page. In the past much wildlife in our New York region had been diminished severely due to many factors. But lately due to many factors there has […]
A Happy Place
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 […]
The Egg and I
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
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. […]
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