The wind howled, but, instead of staying home, we took our kids to watch it dancing with the waves. We passed wild geese keeping out of its reach. And found it leaping across the waves and flinging sand into the air at the beach. My son leant back to feel the wind’s arms. While my […]
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A beach and kids would not seem to equal beachcombing Zen. But it did. It did indeed. Two buckets and a beachcomber’s guide were all we brought. Winter’s dusk headed our way as my children searched the shore of the bay. And soon listened to the whispers of the sea. And found the washed up remnants
Every five seconds the light from Montauk Point Lighthouse reaches ships as far as 19 nautical miles away. A beacon from the eastern tip of New York’s Long Island signaling to those at sea they’re near a dock or a bay. I went there with my children. They played amongst the lighthouse shadows, memorials and paths. While the
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Would you like to watch the sunset? I asked my children. School day over. Homework done. They thought I was going to take them into the garden and try to glimpse it through the trees. But I knew a place where they could see the sky blaze. A bay with a view to the West.
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We went for a walk on the beach. Just the kids and me. Two hours one recent afternoon we wandered across the sand in barefeet. Occasionally they paused for a rest during our beach walk. Or a leap. My children searched for shells and picked up drift wood. And watched the waves. All along the
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