Beach Walk… Heading toward sunshine and the best self-care kind of day! (Wildwood, NJ July 2025) We’re all familiar with the term self-care, right? You can’t throw a seashell without hitting upon the importance of taking care of oneself. How do we properly tend to our summer-loving selves, you may wonder? Is it sleeping in…

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible… Walt Disney Fun in the sun(set) (Wildwood, NJ July 2025)

Seaside Watch Watching a summer sunrise tops the list! (Wildwood, NJ July 2020) It’s officially summer and seriously hot out there! Topping this month’s to-do list is how to stay cool! What better place to chill out than the beach, where the temperature (air and ocean) is just right. Early mornings are for walking and…

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….