tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8847153378142908285..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Northshore Notes: Smoothed by TidesNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62587829101838805642022-10-29T20:30:48.289-05:002022-10-29T20:30:48.289-05:00Wow! Red beach glass? And a beach of sea glass? Am...Wow! Red beach glass? And a beach of sea glass? Amazing. And yes, it's hard to see so much industry waste, isn't it? Like the steel mills. Lol "last time I shopped...". Reminds me of the guy who owns Architectural Artifacts. He's been shopping in abandoned lots forever. Thanks for hipping me to beaches of glass: https://scenicstates.com/sea-glass-beach-us/.Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82910848477085731762022-10-29T20:23:44.851-05:002022-10-29T20:23:44.851-05:00You bet John. You bet John. Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-71514365290751497522022-10-29T14:04:00.326-05:002022-10-29T14:04:00.326-05:00When I still lived in Chicago, I found some amazin...When I still lived in Chicago, I found some amazing treasures at the original ASS...um...AS& S...location, an old factory building on Northwest Highway. I even made it a go-to stop on return visits. The last time I shopped at AS& S was in 2014. It's unbelievable how much stuff Uncle doesn't want or need. Their inventory of industrial, scientific, military, and educational items is truly mind-boggling.<br /><br />There's an entire beach in California that is nothing BUT sea glass. No sand. All sea glass, thanks to the unusual ocean currents in that spot. I said "is"...but the beach was featured on CBS Sunday Morning...and California has almost 40 million residents. Which means it's probably all gone. Or...at the very least...almost gone.<br /><br />Along the Great Lakes, it's called beach glass. There's even a Beach Glass Festival every summer, in Ashtabula, OH. My wife's best friend has a cottage not too far away, literally a bottle's throw from Lake Erie. It's been owned by her husband's family for 125 years. <br /><br />The place barely more than a weather-beaten shack, overlooking a long private beach. The interior of the cottage is very quaint and cottagey, with only the basic amenities. But it does have a number of transparent jars that hold at least a century-and-a-quarter's worth of beach glass. Maybe four or five generations of beach glass. Pieces of glass that are in many shades of blue, green, white, and brown. And, yes, even some red beach glass, which is extremely rare. To a beach glass collector...it's gold, Caren...gold!<br /><br />Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28138608137235352592022-10-29T10:11:45.909-05:002022-10-29T10:11:45.909-05:00Haven't been to the beach in a very long time....Haven't been to the beach in a very long time. Didn't know a thing about sea glass, so the poem initially went right over or under my head. Now it makes sense. Thanks, Caren.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.com