The Great Indoors Scavenger Build-Athon!
This week’s Silly Saturday challenge turns your living room into a tropical island of absurdity. Scavenge. Build. Laugh. Repeat.
Dive in to the post →Off Season
What the Sea Left Behind
When the last umbrellas close and the gulls reclaim the boardwalk, the beach exhales. What’s left behind isn’t just sea glass and shells – it’s memory. Footprints that once hurried toward the waves have been washed smooth, and the air hums with a quieter kind of music. There’s a peace to the off-season that summer … Read more
Dive in to the post →Wacky Wednesday: The Mall Mermaid
You can tell she’s one of us – a summer soul trapped in November.The beach may be closed, but she’s found the next best thing: climate-controlled tides and an endless food court horizon. Meet our Mall Mermaid. In July, she’s probably posted up on a towel, earbuds in, fries in hand, and that same patient, … Read more
Dive in to the post →Thurston Howell, III Thursday: “The Millionaire’s Luggage”
Let’s rewind to 1963.The pilot episode of Gilligan’s Island – that innocent three-hour tour – introduces us to seven castaways and one ridiculous plot point: the millionaire and his wife brought enough luggage for a luxury cruise across the globe… on a three-hour tour. We’re talking tuxedos, formal gowns, tennis whites, silver tea sets, cigars, … Read more
Dive in to the post →Ripples That Reach the Beach
Another storm is spinning in the Caribbean – this one named Melissa.By the time she brushes Jamaica and bends north, the waves she stirs will be reaching all of us. And that’s the truth about the sea: nothing happens in isolation. A gust in the tropics becomes a ripple off the coast, and that ripple … Read more
Dive in to the post →When the Shoreline Speaks — Ocean City’s Wake-Up Call
When the beach begins to vanish, so does our illusion of permanence. 🌊 The News Ocean City, NJ has declared a state of emergency after the nor’easter that hit nearly two weeks ago tore into the shoreline, washing away dunes and swallowing huge portions of beach between 1st and 13th Streets. Mayor Jay Gillian shared … Read more
Dive in to the post →Sonnet Sunday: The Sea in October
Where summer’s echo lingers, but the shore begins to dream. The Sea in October (an original sonnet by The Sandbar Society) The sea in October forgets her applause,Her crowd gone home, her laughter stored away.She hums to shells and kelp in gentle pause,And sighs through dunes where summer used to play. The gulls grow sparse, … Read more
Dive in to the post →Beach Pail Bingo: The Game
Because every walk on the shore is a treasure hunt waiting to happen. 🎯 The Idea When the crowds are gone and the boardwalk quiets down, the beach becomes a playground for curious eyes. Beach Pail Bingo turns your off-season stroll into a hunt for the wonderfully weird — the little relics, mysteries, and oddities … Read more
Dive in to the post →🐚Flotsam Friday: Found on the Dunes
🌬️ The Find It was half-buried near the base of the dunes, sealed in a cloudy green bottle with a rusted cap and a faint rattle when I shook it.Inside — not treasure, not a map — but a note.The paper was soft with salt and time, the ink faded to ghost-gray. Only fragments could … Read more
Dive in to the post →🎵 Tuesday Beach Tunes – Under the Boardwalk (1964)
Before Spotify playlists, Bluetooth speakers, and noise-canceling earbuds, there was The Drifters.And there was “Under the Boardwalk.” Released in 1964 and still echoing through beach radios and bar jukeboxes today, this soulful anthem isn’t just a song – it’s a memory. A slow dance. A kiss in the shade. A secret moment that smells like … Read more
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