By Vladimir Brezina
Look what’s floating by in the turquoise-green water!
I collect them all
to take them home.
But, sadly, the brilliant colors are evanescent…
By Vladimir Brezina
Look what’s floating by in the turquoise-green water!
I collect them all
to take them home.
But, sadly, the brilliant colors are evanescent…
By Vladimir Brezina
This synchronized team puts in a pretty impressive performance—
— and they leave the stage triumphantly!
Others are pretty good too…
but their synchronized diving still needs some work.
From a recent visit to St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Vladimir Brezina (RIP)
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
Johna Till Johnson
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
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