See Polar Bear music photo video at bottom of post. They did it again. They came to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation sure, but they also came…to just have fun. They were the […]
Polar Bear Plunge 2017
Coming Together
They come. They come to dip, they come to sip…they come in cold companionship. There are so many demonstrations in America these days, worthy demonstrations, as seen from the perspective of respective […]
Pups and Presence
“I suspect she might have heard that crack kills.” In these TV days of political turmoil, climate change, bombings, terror of all makes and models one finds it necessary to circle the […]
Joy in the Puzzle of Life
Tis the Season of giving, the Season of joy. Yes, many consider the holidays their Season of joyous giving. But others don’t wait for …the Season. While walking Bailey one day […]
Whales…Their Song and Dance
They sing songs 20 minutes long for hours, they leap over their water-stage and pirouette in aerial grace. They are the humpback whales off Long Beach shores. Long Beach strollers have been […]
When Bone Meets Board
“I can’t stay calm, I’m a Lujan.” After a visit to Long Beach’s Top Hat Barber I was biking home when I spotted a man laying on the boardwalk ahead of me. […]
The Horny Creatives
“I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.” Gilda Radner Gilda must have been pretty damned horny to utter that creative quote. I’ve been exposed […]
The Treasurists
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” Thornton Wilder Thornton Wilder, a favorite author, gives an example of his insight […]
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 […]
Innocence
“The child’s naive dream of life is the only one worth having.” Marty Rubin I was standing in the coffee line when the girl from Ipanema’s son gave me a cheerful, “Hi”. […]
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