St. Patrick's Day - Celebrating Irish Culture By Contributor and Photographer Simie Seaman

To celebrate the Ireland that actually exists on St. Patrick’s Day—not just the fantasy created around the holiday—take the opportunity to learn about more real Irish traditions. Sing an Irish ballad, listen to traditional Irish folk music, take an Irish dance class, read Irish poetry, or even try speaking a bit of the Irish language. In doing so, you’ll become lucky not for some magical reason, but because you will be blessed to have experienced the rich culture of this fascinating country.

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Discover Spring from the Mountains to the Sea By Artist and Photographer Simie Seaman

I sometimes get asked why I go back to the same mountains and the Palos Verdes Peninsula sea side again and again. Some of my friends seem to think that these places are static and never changing. Their assumption is that once you have seen one place then there is no real reason to see it again because you’ll simply be seeing the same thing that you saw the last time you visited. I think that most of them don’t realize how much nature change depending on the time of year that you visit them, or even the time of day.

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