Sonnet Sunday: Learning to Swim at the Shore
A Sonnet Sunday poem about learning to swim, trusting the water, and discovering you can move with what once scared you.
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Sonnet Sunday: Gardening Weather
A Sonnet Sunday poem about gardening, spring growth, and the quiet magic of planting something and believing it will bloom.
Dive in to the post →Flotsam Friday: Message in a Bottle (Mostly Sand, Some Regret)
A bottle washes up with no message inside, just sand. Still, it delivers a reminder: we owe the shore some care. 🧴🌊
Dive in to the post →Flotsam Friday: Leftovers & Longings (A Black Friday Seagull Story)
They call it Black Friday.Humans stampede through parking lots and plazas, hunting shiny boxes and blinking screens.But down at the shore?We call it The Quiet Day. Most years, it’s just me – Sal the Seagull – circling above empty beaches, riding the wind like a king with no subjects.No fries.No crumbs.No half-eaten rolls.Just sand, sky, … Read more
Dive in to the post →Flotsam Friday: The Beach’s Beautiful Wreckage
The shore is both a giver and a taker. On this Flotsam Friday, we reflect on the things we lose – and the things we find. A boogie board, a piece of love, and the beach’s endless rhythm of loss and recovery.
Dive in to the post →Thurston Howell III Thursday: Waiting for Watubi (Season 1, Episode 10) and Shore Superstitions
A Thurston Howell Thursday look at the classic Gilligan’s Island episode “Waiting for Watubi” – and the quirky superstitions we all carry with us when we head down the shore.
Dive in to the post →The DTSFG Haiku Hangout
Post your best beach haiku — and you might just get featured in our newsletter or next DTSFG book! 🌊✍️🪿
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