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...
by beachraven | Dec 28, 2019
Highway I-25 north of Chugwater, Wyoming The week between the holidays has a feel. No other week feels quite like it. For me, it’s a sense of completion, the grateful resolution of the Solstice-Hanukkah-Christmas-Kwanzaa parties, presents, and expectations. But that’s...
by beachraven | Dec 21, 2019
Berlin, Germany The sun felt warm, friendly, and inviting on my face; I just leaned up against the concrete wall and let it soak into my bones. They were waiting for me, but I couldn’t pull myself away. After a time, I felt the phone buzzing in my pocket and...
