Seventy-three degrees Fahrenheit, a light breeze, perfect early beach weather. Off to North Beach we go! Yesterday it was still almost devoid of humans. Today… oh my! School buses, and a nearly full parking lot. The local schools are still in session, and the elementary teachers seem to have decided, “Why waste a beautiful beach…
Month: May 2019
May 30th: The Fog
Last night’s sunset was cancelled due to fog. Even the gulls were grounded. Of course I had thoughts on the Michigan mist. I still remember vividly leaving home after high school. Heading off to college. A college I had never visited. Twelve trips to various schools had left me unconvinced. I chose a college based…
May 28th: What made America great?
Have you ever written something profound only to have it be deleted forever? This morning, before heading to the beach, I was responding in a fairly long LinkedIn thread. The original commenter accidentally deleted their statement, and all the following comments were cascaded into oblivion. Ok, maybe mine was not exceptionally profound, but I still…
May 23rd: 38
Thirty-eight years ago, we married in the chapel at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Didn’t have a honeymoon… had to get back to work… it was monthly financial closing. Now, every day is a weekend, a vacation, a honeymoon. Of course we were at the beach today. Quite a bit cooler, but still sunny,…
May 22nd: Toes in the sand
Sun in our face, toes in the sand. Gorgeous, warm day enjoying our temporarily (almost) private beach. Tourists days away from arrival, locals working. As we arrived a few office drones were heading back to work after enjoying lunch on the beach. And then… the entire beach all to ourselves. This weekend, the beach should…
May 21st: Sahlo Folina
Really don’t mind if you sit this one out My word’s but a whisper your deafness a shout – Ian Anderson The utterly simplified history of human work and idleness: In the beginning, humans worked to survive. Like any animals. Smart animals… hunters, gatherers, farmers. Then came civilization slavery, in one form or another. Some lucky…
May 16th: Musings on life at the beach today
Met a guy in our complex yesterday. One month ago, he did the same thing as we did a year ago. Left his job behind, sold his house, simplified… never going to buy a house again. As we talked I was pleasantly surprised to hear someone whose views and actions were so close to mine….
May 15th: Pronto pups, flip flops, kites, sunsets
According to an article in Kiplnger yesterday, 83% of Americans want to stay in their current house “as long as possible” … until death do they part? And only 5% of homeowners would consider selling their house and renting “even if it is the best financial outcome for them”. Seems moving and simplifying doesn’t fit most…
May 13th: Betcha didn’t know…
The Statue of Liberty was a once a lighthouse. From 1886 to 1902 the Statue of Liberty was considered a navigational aid, a lighthouse, and under the control of the Lighthouse Board. Not because it was an important navigational aid, but because of budget and politics. Even the Statue of Liberty had decades of difficulty…
May 11th: The Battle on the Grand River
After being here over a year, I stumbled upon a fantastic local story. If I was into producing a screenplay based on history, this is one I’d jump on. It has a ginormous monster. A real one. Weighing in at around 37 million tons. Not pounds… tons. Thirty seven million tons. Able to devastate cities…