May 27: Pebble Beach

Pebble Beach tableau:

stone, lichen, shell, seaweed

where do the seals fit in?

September 2: Head Harbour

heart of stone

exposed by low tide

at the mercy of the moon

May 15: Reid State Park

Tracks in the sand--

following two deer

into the dunes.

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March 30: Gasparilla SP

another perfect beach

fossilized shark's teeth

worn down to hearts

 

 

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March 29: Stump Pass SP

beach-combing

for fossilized shark's teeth

what we leave behind

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March 27: Blue heaven

standing in the blue Gulf

as manatees swim past

it's enough

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November 22: Stone heart

Beach-combing for hearts--
when picked up and pocketed
some become just stones.

September 3: Beach stones

sea worn stones underfoot

striped ones bring luck

but I keep the heart-shaped one

 

 

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March 22: Estate planning

Sunset at the beach

with a mango daquiri--

reading my will draft.

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October 4: Stonington, Day Three

Barred Island Preserve

 

Only fall's chill

keeps me from rolling in that moss,

swimming at that beach.

 

 

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August 17: Lucia Beach

Girls hum to snails.
I look for a heart,
find a pocketful of moons.

August 3: Reid State Park

Wind from the west and waves,

yet I hear the young tern

and know what it wants.

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December 26: Plum Island

Where waves meet sand

instead of sandpipers

wind-skitter of dead leaves.

 

 

 

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December 25: Christmas, Marblehead

Christmas Day--

the full tide brings its gift

to the rocky shore.

 

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August 28: Jasper Beach

Jasper Beach--

running down heaps of stones

sea-worn, a kid again.

Now I cast a long shadow.

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August 2: Migrating shorebirds

Popham Beach State Park--

the fisherman and I

marvel at the sandpipers.

 

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January 17: Beaches

Spent our last full day in Florida soaking up the seaside sun and warmth with a second hike at Stump Pass State Park and a visit to the beach at Blind Pass State Park on Manasota Key. So much to love: shorebirds at surf's edge, diving pelicans, sea grapes, crying ospreys, dolphins passing by offshore, colorful shells tumbled by waves, a gopher tortoise thoughtfully chewing on a blade of grass, anoles rustling among dry palm fronds, and always the ancient rush and rhythm of the waves...

 

Sand slows my steps.

I breathe

in time with waves.

 

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January 12: Stump Pass Beach State Park

Finding sharks' teeth

among the shells--

childhood memory revived.

Here's my grandfather and I collecting sharks' teeth in 1980 at nearby Englewood Beach

Here's my mom collecting sharks' teeth today

January 5: Beach birding

Pine Point Beach, Scarborough, ME

Perfect winter beach day:
horses on the sand,
loons in the scope.

March 23: Dining on the beach

Back in Naples at the Vanderbilt Beach Resort, which features one of Naples more popular fine dining options, the Turtle Club. We dined at an outside table, literally on the sand, within sight and sound of the crashing surf. We learned that the lighting was so dim out there--stars were clear and bright overhead--to conform to rules which govern outside lighting during sea turtle nesting season from May through October. When turtles come up on the beach to lay their eggs (and presumably when the baby turtles hatch), they can be disoriented by bright lights and head for them instead of back into the ocean.

 

Under the moonlight,

line of surf glows offshore

while we eat.

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