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 […]
Simians By The Sea
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
I Love…
Video once again included at no extra charge. I love… We start so many sentences with, “I love”: I love you, I love pizza, I love ice cream, I love taking photos…I […]
Reap the Wind, Harvest the Sun
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw I’m often thought of as “Mr. Sunshine” for seeing the silver linings in just […]
Balmy Times
“The house is burning down, let’s toast marshmallows.” It was in the mid sixties Sunday, Feb. 19th, 2017 here in beautiful citybythesea, Long Beach, New York. Our global “climate alterations” of late have […]
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 […]
Engines of Muscle and Bone
“Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.” (Charles M Schulz, Peanuts cartoonist.) True, but some on this planet use every cog of every gear they’ve […]
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