How to Live at the Beach Author:Sandy Gingras How to Live at the Beach, with its innocent illustrations and heartfelt prose, carries a reminder about spirituality and appreciation. Sandy Gingras strips away the complicated, heavily structured way of life that we cling to and helps us find perspective. With the pen of a philosopher/realist and the watercolors of an engaging and creative min... more »d she leads us to our memories of when we walked, played, or lazed on the sandy shore, when all we needed to construct our days were seashells, a blanket, and some sunshine. The companion book to the popular book How to Live on an Island (ISBN0-945582-57-9), How to Live at the Beach is also a gift book that is at home anywhere, on any coast, or far from itwhether the shoreline is outside the door or in the mind. For the beach is only a metaphor, and with every reading the metaphor awakens us: How we might live our lives, how we might pace ourselves, how we can appreciate our environment, how we can love.« less