I sometimes feel I pretty-much understand the natural world. Then I find myself saying, “What else don’t we know?” We are a social species, we humans. We’ve thrived on sharing news, […]
The Wood Wide Web
Whipped Cream Winter
The clouds can be of whipped cream… only if you want them to be. The TV warns, threatens: “breaking news, blizzard alert, massive storm, eighty million in its path. Stock up! Batteries! […]
Biblical Hot Wheels
Many of us only use one gear on our bikes…and one gear of our lives. Then there are those who use every cog of every gear, of their bikes, of themselves. They […]
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 […]
The Eternal Fisherman
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it’s not the fish they are after.” Henry David Throeau There’s something eternal about fishermen. They engage in an activity that goes back […]
Sun Fun, Sweet and Sour
It’s been hovering at 70 degrees on our sandy shore at the City by the Sea, Long Beach, NY. The boardwalk was walked, jogged, biked and just enjoyed. The surf was low, […]
Mass Shooting…of Curls
Turning on TV news these days is daunting. As I turned on my 47 inch flat-earth screen this week I wondered, “What’s at the top of the news this morning? Mass shooting…again? […]
Is Anyone Listening?
Is anyone listening? I spotted Joe doing impossible (for me anyway) pull ups at a chinning bar on our Long Beach boardwalk. He had gray hair which made the sight of his […]
Afterlife and Soul
Sometimes I touch things that reach my heart, my soul. Sometimes it’s a touch of natural things: earth, sand, wood, water. The touch of an iPad screen can reach a satellite orbiting […]
When We Meet
Ripples on the sand, of joy, of art…of sadness too. I was in my sand chair as close to the water as one can be without actually being in it. I watched […]
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