“In a way, winter is the real spring-time when inner things happen, the resurgence of nature.” Edna O’Brien, Irish Poet Winter, particularly this winter, can weigh one down—way down. Spring lightens our […]
Early Spring, A Shot In The Arm
Keeping a Sunny Day Sunny
Sunday was a sunny day, and should have stayed that way. But black tires raced across white sand, and the rescuer’s flashing lights were ominous so early in the morning, it was […]
The Perpetual Chase…of Life
Life, that’s what all we shore denizens seek to preserve. As I stroll our Long Beach sands and streets I observe, I learn, about life…about survival. Sandpipers Sandpipers chase into the bursting […]
Sucking It Up
The mechanical wonder that is taking place on and off our Long Beach shore is only matched by the natural wonder of our shorebirds dealing with it, some shore creatures coping better […]
Fuzzy Life, Clear Message
“My life is my message,” Mahatma Gandhi You may recall our Long Beach effort to protect our shore’s Oystercatcher nesting on mounds of unsifted sands: https://tinyurl.com/bdwkS-eyes But sadly, I visited the site […]
Optical Delusions
An oystercatcher nest was destroyed right “before my eyes.” As you’ve observed from previous posts we Long Beach residents love our oystercatchers. So when they set up their nests this year they […]
Boardwalk Eyes
“If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine.” Frederico Fellini What is our purpose here, on this globe? Is it to evolve, to change, in tiny incremental steps? If so, maybe […]
Life, on a Grain of Sand
“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.” William Blake Sometimes when […]
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 […]
Habits and Habitats
Share habitations? It’s about habits. When I was a smoker over thirty five years ago I had my habit fine tuned. When I’d leave home, I’d get in the car and just […]
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