Category Archives: Pacific

Whispered the affectionate sand

Marshall Beach. The first in what I intend to be a series on the coastline from Marshall Beach to Santa Cruz. A million heartbeats upon the hills to the east and not a soul but mine upon this cold, blue stretch of strand to watch the scruffy headlands and the Golden Gate turned vermillion by...

Whispered the affectionate sand

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Called from darkness by the song of the sea

Headlong through the winter. Though not on the solstice itself, I trod Pfeiffer Beach on its shortest day of 2012. In October of 2011, I visited the same sands to capture a few images before dawn (still haven’t published) and, though it took 14 months to return, I felt like I was home. We came...

Called from darkness by the song of the sea

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Auld Lang Syne 2012

A belated “Happy New Year.” Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? Illness has made me late in wishing you all the very best in 2013 and thanking you all for your support and friendship in 2012. It’s my great pleasure to know...

Rodeo Beach, the Maelstrom

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Ships passing in the night

To the edge of the world. I will be traveling to see the Grand Canyon this holiday. I plan to stand on the edge of that yawning chasm in the middle of the night and bring back whatever the cold Arizona night is willing to give up. My very best to you and yours and...

Ships passing in the night

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Where there is darkness, light.

Tragedy in Sandy Hook I am not a religious man, this I have never made secret. I have lived through and been affected by three national tragedies such as the shooting this past week in Connecticut. I was the same age as many of the students who were victims of the shootings in Columbine, and...

Where there is darkness, light.

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