Jul 13 2022
Summer is a wonderful time to lighten up the colors and fabrics in your home. While you may not be able to decorate every room, there are numerous ways to get creative and add summer flair. You can decorate with a colorful theme such as fruit (apples, strawberries, grapes), flowers (roses, carnations, daisies), or seaside …
Jul 07 2022
I fell in love with Cuba, or at least the idea of Hemingway’s Cuba, in my mid teens. I read an article about the writer and delighted in the romance of a bygone age, salsa and adventure preserved in time. Maybe the idea of vintage cars made the historic more tangible. I determined that one …
Jun 30 2022
Salt If you want to study its essence, its purpose,its usefulness in the world,you’ve got to see it as a whole. Saltisn’t the individuals who make it upbut the solidary tribe. Without iteach particle would be like a fragment of nothingness,dissolving in some unthinkable black hole. Salt surfaces from the sea. It’s petrifiedfoam.It’s sea baked …
Jun 04 2022
Happy National Trails Day! National Trails Day, celebrated on the first Saturday of June, is a time to appreciate the natural beauty of our trails, and a time for people and businesses to clean up and advocate to protect our trails. Many of America’s best trails reside in the National Parks and protected lands. If …
May 31 2022
What does it mean for a beach to have character? To me, it means the beach has more to offer than just a long stretch of white sand. It has interesting things to see and do, like driftwood that may have traveled from across the sea, tide pools teeming with squiggly life, granite outcrops that …
May 23 2022
Happy #WorldTurtleDay! As I mentioned in my recent endangered species post, the Hawksbill Turtle is on the critically endangered list, and turtles everywhere are threatened by plastic and other unwanted debris in the ocean every day. A few ways you can help show your love for these beautiful creatures is by using less plastic, recycling …
May 14 2022
Remember when your spring break was a hedonistic ritual that focused on excesses of sun, wild parties and alcohol? Now that you’ve outgrown that, you don’t have to give up the spring ritual of getting away from it all. Whether you are able to travel to a warm, sunny location for a vacation, or simply …
May 11 2022
10 maggie and milly and molly and maywent down to the beach(to play one day) and maggie discovered a shell that sangso sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles,and milly befriended a stranded starwhose rays five languid fingers were; and molly was chased by a horrible thingwhich raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and may came home with …
Aug 19 2021
In the famous misquote, F. Scott Fitzgerald says: “The rich are different from you and me.” Ernest Hemingway replies: “Yes. They have more money.” The sedate island of Palm Beach thumbs its Worth Avenue nose at Miami’s flamboyant South Beach. Winter elite never carry cash and party on yachts the size of RMS Queen Mary …
Jun 23 2021
To the casual observer, each wave in the ocean appears identical to the one that preceded it. One after another, they roll toward the shore, with little to distinguish them. Surfers know better. They’re more in tune with the sea and recognise that numerous factors play a role. The presence or absence of any one …