How do you survive the loss of a beloved? The author shares, in a style reminiscent of Rod McKuen, how he returned over and over after his divorce to the same Florida beach he once shared with his first love when they were teenagers in the 1970s. He walks and writes of his sorrow, and later his surprise of passion experienced with other loves on that same beach. He later placed those notes, in a bottle of sorts, which returned to him some thirty years later as a gift which he now shares with you.

The author grew up in a small town in South Alabama and on the Gulf Coast of Florida. After being honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in 1980 he received a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and has worked as a licensed psychotherapist for over thirty years. He also received a Master's degree in the Humanities from The University of West Florida where he taught briefly as an adjunct. He now resides just footsteps away from Blue mountain beach.

These poems are from a compilation entitled “Notes From Blue Mountain Beach”, that may be reviewed  online at most book sellers. They were written when the author was in his twenty’s, about forty years ago. They are more akin to “Sketches” of actual moments.  You may view photos of Blue Mountain Beach taken in the 1970s and more recently on his website here: http://bluemountainbeach.weebly.com/