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  • The Gods Smiled

        Have you ever had a day where one moment was so very important that your entire future rested upon it?   A day outside of space and time, when you must keep your appointment with the gods who decide your fate?   Mythical moments, like the shard of a rainbow, and all is…

  • Who Are We?

        How many masks do we shed in a lifetime? Each one seems to be the "real" one, the "last" one. until it is peeled away to reveal another, and another, and another.   Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?   How many more to come?    

  • Emerald Eyes

        I once saw a cormorant catch a fish that was so large it almost sank her.   Somehow she managed to swallow it, and was very still and low in the water for a long long time.   She didn't have to eat another thing for a week!     Double Crested Cormorant,…

  •     Lately, the waves have been rolling in perfect tubes at St. Augustine Beach. It's a surfer's dream.  

  • The Run Away Shadow

        My shadow tried to get away yesterday, but I put my hands on my head and saved the day.   I mean what would I do without my shadow?       St. Augustine Beach's new beach looking back toward the Pavilion.  

  • This Aster

        Once upon a time there was a lovely aster. This aster was enjoying the last light of an autumn evening in Baltimore, when suddenly it was surrounded by butterflies. They were the most unusual butterflies that this aster had ever seen, and quite frankly they took her breath away!   The End  …

  • Nostalgia

        The look, smell, and sound of this beach brings back memories of my childhood. It is a mere inlet away from St. Augustine Beach, yet the sand and the shape and the voice – so different- are worlds away.   A lifetime away…       Vilano Beach, St. Augustine, just the other…

  • Blue Sky Days

        Blue skies and gentle breezes. It's still summer here, but not quite as hot, and there's a scent in the air of cooler nights to come.       Roof top and shadows in St. Augustine, Florida

  • Bridge To Somewhere

        Just a short bridge across the river. Easy going from shore to shore. Without it, how to cross? Swim? Boat? Pelican?   Are you a bridge? Have you helped a friend get from here to there across troubled waters? Has someone been there for you?   Perhaps everyone is a bridge, at one…

  • Almost Focused

        Ever have trouble focusing on the most important thing? So many distractions and excuses.   Sooner or later you'll put everything else aside and get to it.   Tomorrow!   No really, tomorrow!   Marsh abstract from the bridge.