I don’t know if it’s the warm weather and the warm seas, but it’s been a whale of a season in Long Beach these days. Those preceding links were the start of […]
Whales, Whales, Whales, This Time—So Close
Whales, Dolphins, and Birds, Oh My—Even Simians Caught My Eye
September, and gone are the crowds. Our Long Beach shore was almost empty, the air dry, and the sky—a crisp blue. The first day of these past weeks was one of those […]
Life’s Little Things
Biking the boards and hoping for whales—I spotted a hat. I asked the young lady beneath it if I could photograph her hat, and she said, “Sure.” She was beautiful, and I […]
Whales, Wings—and Hot Air
There are whirling blades offshore that are killing the wildlife we love. No, not windfarm blades but the props of these behemoths that kill whales and dolphins. Ships are always offshore waiting […]
Caught in the Sea’s Net of Wonder
I loved being at sea in the Corps. It was the wide, uncertain, wonder of it all. It was so new to me as a teen, free of the bonds of home […]
Peace or Pieces
“The total number of minds in the universe is one.” Erwin Schrodinger, Physicist and Nobel prize winner. The total number of Americans with an AR 15 is sixteen million, (None, I suspect, […]
Simians By The Sea
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 […]
Love Costs, But Love Gives
Long Beach lovers wait for it. It’s the annual joy when Oystercatcher chicks burst from their shells—and into our lives. These are some past photos I took of the chicks. Watching these […]
It’s Refreshing
Try it. You’ll like it. My brother, Rod, lives in assisted living. Due to the highly contagious Delta variant, we don’t go to lunch as often as we had, but coffee is […]
This is Why I hate People
“You don’t need to be the tide to rise and fall, you don’t have to be a wave to touch the shore; just be a little sand-grain and feel them all”—Munia Khan […]
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