Daily Affirmations: Important to Myself

By: Pamela Leavey On: May 16, 2012 at 9:51 am

I am important to myself and to others. I must care for myself, take time for myself, rest, relax and renew so that I can fully participate in my own life and be able to be there for others. – Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Piping Plover at Sandy Point ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

Daily Affirmations: Creativity

By: Pamela Leavey On: April 5, 2012 at 7:31 am

Today, I acknowledge that I have the resources to develop my creative expression and I am successful in my endeavours. I freely express my creativity as a resource towards prosperity and abundance. — Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Enjoying The View at Sandy Point ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

Abundance is Like the Ocean

By: Pamela Leavey On: October 26, 2010 at 9:13 am

“Abundance is like the ocean it ebbs and it flows. Like the leaves on the trees, today so shall mine grow.” – Pamela Leavey

(Photo: Sandy Point, Plum Island – c. Pamela J. Leavey 2009)

Refelections on a Heart of Stone

By: Pamela Leavey On: September 26, 2010 at 9:20 pm

I’ve been collecting hearts of stone for years…
This one stayed on the beach at Sandy Point:

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Plum Island Washes Out to Sea

By: Pamela Leavey On: March 27, 2009 at 6:16 pm

There’s a natural flow of tides that causes erosion on all beaches. Add to that storms and other natural effects and the landscape of a beach is constantly changing. I can remember as a child camping on Sandy Point on Plum Island (Newburyport, MA) and claiming a rock as my own. Much to my chagrin my rock was no where to be founf the following summer when my family set up camp on the Point for the summer.

While I was down in Newburyport last weekend I drove down to Plum Island because I had heard there had been problems there with homes built on the water front being at risk. The photo below is of the jetty at the Center Beach on Plum Island:

North Shore Magazine has an article about the situation on Plum Island: Last Days of Plum Island?

The romance and tranquility of Plum Island has lured homeowners to its long stretch of open shores for decades. But could the natural forces that spawned an entire community now threaten its very existence?

I’ve always been an ocean person, which is part of the reason I moved from Los Angeles, after nearly years there, back to the East Coast, to Eastport, Maine. Continue reading “Plum Island Washes Out to Sea” »