by beachraven | Jan 24, 2020
Monterey Vista, Monterey, California With a cold winter chill in the air, I walked up a hill towards our house; my coat zipped tight. I was trying to think of a missive to write, maybe recycling, a new way to look at recycling, my thoughts drifting in and out of the...
by beachraven | Jan 17, 2020
El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, California Early one morning, I was out for my Sunday morning romp on my bike. On the way back, I took my usual detour loop through the cemetery, rows and rows of headstones, deer snacking on grass, gazing at me with curiosity. As I...
by beachraven | Jan 11, 2020
Asilomar State Beach, Monterey, California Early last Sunday morning down at the wharf, we saw an older woman with a bag and a poker picking up trash. She wasn’t a city employee or a homeless person. She looked more like a concerned neighbor or a volunteer, dressed...
by beachraven | Jan 4, 2020
In-flight, Monterey, California The twinkling lights are coming down, and the eggnog is going sour. Everything seems the same as it was a few weeks ago, only now, I’m hoping for a little optimism, and maybe that’s only my wishful thinking, or is wishful thinking...
