Vision stands on the shoulders of what is actual, to get a better view of what is possible… ~Mary Anne Radmacher Picturing all that is possible (Wildwood, NJ July 2025)

A Hermit Crab’s Happy Place 🏖️ Dwelling in seaside paradise (Wildwood, NJ 2023) [Originally published in the Sun by the Sea print and online @ sunbythesea.com I love a holiday weekend! Everywhere you look, there are people! Here I sit, soon to be surrounded by a boardwalk full of people. People just like you in…

Beach Meetings Sunlit walk into July (Wildwood, NJ July 2024) July joins summer lovers together…❤️meets every morning @ the beach…🏖️says hello to the sunrise..👋🌅.perfects beach yoga…🧘practices meditation…discovers seaside serenity…✌️makes sandcastles by the sea…conquers that beach read list…📖🧾takes a turn on the merry go round…🎠coasts blissfully from teacup rides to waterslides…celebrates the 4th of July!..🎆🎆.samples everything…

Just keep swimming… ~ Finding Nemo Bathing in summer’s seaside blues (Cape May, NJ June 2022)

Summer’s Sandy Tracks… The melodies of the sea call to you and me… (Wildwood, NJ June 2022) “Everybody’s gone surfin,’ surfin’ U.S.A.”  Beach Boys, “Surfin’ U.S.A.” 🏄‍♀️🎶🏄‍♂️🎶 As we settle into summer, by surf and by sandy land, we’re gonna need an anthem, songs of celebration for the most melodious time of year sure to…

When the world says, “give up,” hope whispers, “try one more time” …  Anonymous Hoping for (and finding) the perfect summer sunrise (Wildwood, NJ 2023)

THE SUNNY SIDE OF SUMMER Following the tracks toward summer… (Wildwood, NJ June 2021) Summer defined: the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons. Okay, Wikipedia, that’s true, it’s definitely getting hotter and brighter out there, but summer is so much more than the temperature! Maybe, like everything else, we each define it differently….

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great… ~ Zig Ziglar Sometimes Greatness starts in the quietest places (Wildwood, NJ June 2022)

Spontaneous Seaside Summer… ✖️📃 Up in time for a beach sunrise…(Wildwood, NJ June 2023) I know, To-Do lists are life for some people. How will we know we have laundry to do, stamps to buy and appointments to make 🙄 if we don’t write it all down (Is it the checking things off that list…

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others… ~ Peace Pilgrim A peace-inspiring sunrise meant to be shared (Wildwood, NJ 2025)