by beachraven | Dec 31, 2022
Tournament of Roses Parade On New Year’s Day 1971, the Englewood, Colorado high school marching band performed in the Tournament of Roses Parade. I think it’s no exaggeration to say I was third chair sousaphone (marching tuba). The band, 180 of us, boarded...
by beachraven | Dec 24, 2022
Monte Vista, Monterey, California The sun set as I stepped out the door for my evening walk. It was later than usual, but I pushed on and took the path through the forest and into the upper neighborhoods. I rounded a corner, and there sat the Holiday Wishing...
by beachraven | Dec 2, 2022
Peters Gate, Monterey, California It rained all day yesterday, glorious, coveted, wet dripping rain. The air felt fresh and alive as I stepped out for my morning walk. My usually cheerful neighbor had a look of resolve on her face as she loaded their car,...
by beachraven | Nov 23, 2022
Rising Park, Lancaster, Ohio Several years ago, after dessert on Thanksgiving evening, while everyone sat around the table, pushed back in their chairs with stomachs protruding, our host, Lisa Watson, passed around paper and pens and asked us to write down what...
by beachraven | Nov 18, 2022
Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, Califonia It was all sun and storm on the beach. Which one would win didn’t seem to matter as I walked along the coast with the constant crashing of waves and its mist-filled breeze whipping in from the sea. There’s no use...
by beachraven | Nov 11, 2022
Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, California In front of me is the Pacific Ocean, dark and brooding, churning hard from the storm that passed through yesterday, the first big storm of the season. And exactly why I’m up at 4:30 in the morning, again, two days...
