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Swing Away, Gerry

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Now that Gerry’s gone,

there’s a big hole in the road.

Gentle. Gruff. Private. Giving. Gerry went down the road for the last time Saturday.

He knew more about baseball than anyone I’ve known:

records, stats, ERAs, homerun hitters, the Indians’ 1958 numbers.

So it’s no surprise that he beat cancer for four years.

He knew the odds.

Until a couple of weeks ago, when the odds caught up with him.

When I saw him yesterday, he grasped my hand and said, “Thank you, Ted.”

He didn’t know that the Cubs and Indians were tied up.
And he gave me his brand new Red Sox cap.

That’s when I knew he was going.

Gerry died overnight, not knowing how the World Series

or the presidential election would turn out.

And he headed down the road.

Swing away, Gerry.

Wet Stella

Throw my stick again, Dad.

Cool Doggy

This guy was outside the Humboldt Senior Resource Center a couple of weeks ago. He is “Trainwreck,” although his human, a homeless guy in a wheelchair, wouldn’t tell me the back story, or why the dog was wearing shades.

Shorty

Andi “Shorty” Resendez, 81, is part of the Alzheimer’s program at Humboldt Senior Resource Center, and was my contribution to a photo show documenting “The Longest Day” — Summer Solstice 2016.

Foggy Head

I find I have foggy head a lot more often.

Sunset Tree

Above the Trinidad Bluff. Not so bad.

Take a Breath

The Trinity Catholic Church in Trinidad is a lovely thing, whatever your beliefs.

Hitchhiker

Got fish?

Fish Tacos

Steve outfished the hell out of me today. Who knew an Ohio flatlander could do that. Of course, almost anyone can......

Beachscape

Anemones

LaserEyes

Sadie LaserEyes and Stella WheresMyStick on Old Home Beach.

Home Beach Morning

Samoa Backyard

Fogwalk

Just another day on Old Home Beach.

Dogface

Sadie and Stella help pump gas. “We’re going to the beach, Dad, right?!?!”

Press Barons

The Humboldt Senior Resource Center, home of the mighty Senior News, Humboldt County’s hottest monthly newspaper.

Foggy Head

Nice and misty evening over Trinidad Harbor.

Laser Eyes

If old sand-nose here suspects a cookie in your pocket, you’re toast.

Kinetic Bikers

From the 2016 Kinetic Sculpture Race Extravaganza.

Trinidad Head

That lighthouse is 196 feet above the water. In 1914, a wave smacked it and knocked out the light. Can you imagine?

The outside of Trinidad Head, the view that most people never see.

Poppies

Turtle Rock

Why are there no turtles?

Wabash Avenue

Hopeless

Homeless people — people — many of whom had lived in shelters along Humboldt Bay for decades, were evicted by Eureka police last week. Now what?

Old Town, Eureka

There's always something in Old Town.

Homeless on the Road

Where to? Palco Marsh homeless camp eviction, May 2016

Wet Still Life

California Street, Eureka

Spike!

From Carla’s front garden. Part of the Random CU Shots of Plants During Yesterday’s Rainy Dogwalk Collection.

Echium

From the Random Plants Shot During Yesterday's Rainy Dogwalk Collection.

Heather

From the Random Plant CUs Shot During Yesterday’s Rainy Dogwalk Collection.

562 West Street

A nice Trinidad dooryard

Rising Waters

Patriotic plastic livestock watch the Salt River rise over their fetlocks in Ferndale.

Eureka Back Alley

Placid

A peaceful, shiny and still morning at Arcata Marsh.

And then the fog cleared . . .

From socked-in to glorious in minutes as fog swaddles the Head.

Bright Morning

The sun peeked under the cloud layer long enough to spotlight the coast before the rain started again.

Rock Hound

Sadie

Porch Lights

What’s Up, Sadie?

Kelp Pile

Old Home Beach. Flotsam.

Clearing Skies

Morning over Trinidad Bay to Camel Rock.

Elephant Seal!

A young elephant seal — just a little guy! — hauls out for a rest on Launch Beach