by LDUS2530 | Mar 28, 2014 | Breath of Salt Air
I bet you can’t wait to get to the beach on a day that is warm enough to sink your feet right into the sand and feel a warm breeze relax your whole body. Just imagining what that will be like helps while the weather is still so raw. Looking a painting or photo...
by LDUS2530 | Dec 16, 2013 | Breath of Salt Air
It is always a surprise when late on a dreary gray day the Sun drops below the clouds and lights up the sky. It lifts your heart. The December ocean beach is desolate and glorious. It makes me tune into a force I know is so much larger than myself. And yet I’m...
by LDUS2530 | Dec 9, 2013 | Breath of Salt Air
The Winter Sea It’s a cold rain coming down on a sage green sea. It isn’t cold enough yet to make beautiful floating snowflakes. It is just wet, the kind of chilled dampness that gets into your bones. But it is still so beautiful and surprisingly colorful. ...
by LDUS2530 | Nov 18, 2013 | Breath of Salt Air
“There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.” Colette Reading this quote made me realize that studying blue in all its nuances is my life-long passion. I’m definitely a blue fanatic and just might be on my way to becoming a connoisseur....
by LDUS2530 | Nov 11, 2013 | Breath of Salt Air
Salt Marsh Looking out on the plush and radiant green of the marsh grasses here on the Eastern End of Long Island, it is hard to believe that coastal areas like these were once considered suitable as waste disposal sites. It wasn’t until the Clean Water Act of 1972...
by LDUS2530 | Nov 4, 2013 | Breath of Salt Air
The Golden Gate From very high up on the Marin Headlands looking through the triangular top of the Golden Gate Bridge everything is dwarfed. The city buildings are tiny white and gray blocks, sailboats bob like microscopic toys and miniature cars on the bridge dart...