warren & carole

 

Cherry Grove, has a year-round population of fifteen people. In the summer, the population - two thousand. It would be great to do a doc about the people who live here yearlong.  What do they do? Do they have potluck dinners? Whats the best part of their 365 life here? The worst? Why do they ... and is there a how? I’ve met two guys - Warren the great,old hippie and his even older man.  I google … warren all year resident in cherry grove. He photographs deer mostly. 

Warren Boyd Wexler is a year-round resident of Fire Island, and a friend of this paper. His nature photography is a reflection of his strong bond to this island.

And then I goggle his full name. 

Warren is one of the eight people living year-round in the wonderful little town of Cherry Grove. His photography has sold globally, and has become a staple, in the form of postcards, note cards, and framed works, in every one of the seventeen towns on Fire Island, for the last twenty-five years.

I stare down the beach and listen to Like a Rolling Stone … and think about Carole. We never danced to Like a Rolling Stone. When we did dance to a song we loved and lived, and there were many, the thing I liked best was her tiny, perfect smile. She was happy and with me and I felt the same way. She haunts me good.