I won’t cry over a spilled summer drained empty like the last gulp down the sink I won’t squeeze another beach day out of August mourn the blueberries of July dripped dry I will lay in the low slant of late sunflower light I will soak up the gold of a perpetual setting sun
1. When it comes to the school of life I don’t do a lot of homework but I pay attention in class. 2. My friend Mara says she’s a “one hour photo” sort of person. 3. How come after spending three weeks vacationing on the beach when I finally got home I felt like I […]
A border collie is droned to sleep by the porch swing creak tin pie plates catch wind in the garden A deer wags its white tail while grazing bruised apples Hummingbirds and mud daubers buzz No one comes down the winding dirt driveway Fruit thumps like footsteps hitting ground Post note: While working at the […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press, July 31, 2008 Summer camp is an all-American tradition for many teens. But what kind of camp teaches kindness as part of its curriculum, or instructs campers to disconnect from their high-tech, high paced lives in order to sit still and listen? At the second annual […]
1. Magic Marks 2. Land Shark 3. A Bowl of Hole 4. A Strand of Sand Post notes: During my beach days in Hull and Bethany Beach I regularly walked the beach and often came across interesting sand art. The first photo was taken when I was playing Scrabble on the beach with my sister […]
It’s the eternal sadness from the Great Beyond. Everything’s coming and everything’s gone. ~ Donna the Buffalo I feel like I’ve been around the world in eighty days, although it’s only been twenty-one days that I’ve been vacationing up and down the east coast of Massachusetts, Delaware, and Virginia by plane, car, and bike. […]
1. In a pinch when I’m at the beach without a notebook, I can write in the margins of a clam box menu using my flip flop sandal for a desk. 2. Compared to the crowds here at Bethany Beach, Delaware, where we’re visiting Joe’s family, and Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts, where I was […]
A cherry sinking down in a cocktail of sea I’m drunk with the beauty of a sun drenched evening
1. View for Two 2. Catch of the Day 3. Crab Grab 4. Card Sharks 5. Playing for Sand Dollars Post notes: Photos were taken during a visit to Joe’s family at Bethany Beach. A video clip that could be a scene out of Jaws is HERE.
Aka: The Saugus Saga I. One of my brothers is going through a divorce and his finances have been challenged because of it. When I first saw him during my ten day visit with my family in Hull, I remarked at how much weight he had lost. “I call it the ‘I can’t afford to […]
1. The night after my fisherman brother John brought lobsters home and I video-taped them, he said, “Colleen, I have something else for you to take pictures of” and then he spread THESE out on the table. 2. I guess I’m a full-time beach bum now, at least for the rest of August. After spending […]
My hometown of Hull, Massachusetts, is lucky that Mark Wahlberg’s brother Paul chose it as the location for his restaurant, “Bridgeman’s.” And I was lucky to have had the occasion to eat there twice during the ten days I was visiting my family. The first occasion was a birthday dinner party for my sister Tricia’s […]
