The beach of Long Beach is bordered by dunes, a boardwalk, and a palisade of high rises. Just over those high rises is Broadway, a busy thoroughfare that everyone in Long Beach […]
Passions, Private and Profane
Got Grit? Grow a Pair! They Did!
This Memorial Day we remember those who died for us, who died in blasts of fire and steel. Troops fight for God… …for country…of course. But when engaged in battles for survival […]
Getting High on Sky
“That’s a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet.” Jandy Nelson, The Sky is Everywhere The sky does indeed begin at your feet when you: “… squiggle sandy […]
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 […]
Reflections
One night this mirror will reflect…but a wall. Spring is upon us…again. Crocus creep out of the soil, I poke out of winter. But the flash is once again before me. Life […]
A Confluence of Circumstances
It rained human bodies upon a field of sunflowers this week. Rockets replaced words in the Middle East as a means of communication…again. Peace, it seems so rare in the news these […]
Five Thousand mile Bike Ride
From Long Beach NY to Long Beach CA by bike…by the 4th of July. I took a bike ride on our boardwalk this April 22nd morning and came upon three hardy […]
Some Memories can be da bomb.
Can’t have enough of ‘em. On the subway ride to Penn. Sta. after my downtown NYC visit, (see previous post) I came upon a uniformed female police officer who was boarding […]
You Can’t Handle the Truth!
“You can’t handle the truth!” bellowed Jack Nicholson as Col Jessup, at the Marine Corps Courts Martial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It was a scene in, “A Few Good Men.” It took […]
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