Half Buried Bug

Half Buried Bug

Quarry Park, Monterey, California   Quarry Park is a short walk from our house. As the name suggests, it’s an old quarry dating back to the 1930s, built to provide stone for the Monterey breakwater. Over the decades, nature has healed this manmade wound in...
Appreciative Touch

Appreciative Touch

Photo by Bob Beland   I was the house recording engineer for MCA Music’s publishing studio when they created a new record label called Deli Platters. The idea was to sign some of the edgy, new wave bands playing the local clubs. The year was ’80 and...
More Love 

More Love 

Lovers Point, Pacific Grove, California   Parked on the sidewalk in front of a restaurant on Alvarado Street, sat a bike strapped to a trailer with a tent made of tinfoil. Oh, that’s hilarious, I thought, whoever made it must be paranoid of “Government Rays” or...
Ordinary Stillness 

Ordinary Stillness 

Commons Park, Denver, Colorado   Last night I couldn’t sleep. After a few hours, I decided just to lay there and rest a bit longer before I gave up and got up. Weary of my thoughts, I surrendered and let them make their way through my mind without interference,...