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Shell tree

“Shell tree” (assembled by anonymous artist ) photographed by Sandy Ross Bender at Honeymoon Island State Park along the Gulf of Mexico in Pinellas County, Florida on June 26, 2026.
“”Shell tree trio” composed and performed by Sandy Ross Bender with clarinet. concertina, and guitar on June 28, 2026.
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Nicknames

“Ocean” photographed at Island Beach State Park on the New Jersey barrier island coast by Sandy Ross Bender on May 12, 2026.
“Nicknames” composed and performed with guitar and vocals by Sandy Ross Bender on May 15, 2026.

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I’ve always had a nickname,

Sandy is that name,

It hasn’t brought me fortune,

It hasn’t brought me fame.

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A hurricane was named after me,

October two hundred twelve,

A week arrived, before Halloween,

What followed I will not delve.

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A name that puts me at ease,

Despite the havoc caused,

Manhattan was left in shambles,

The city had to pause.

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Here I am before you,

Guitar across my knee,

Reminding you of a storm,

And the power of the sea.

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Lyrics by Sandy Ross Bender

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Vernal equinox

“Ocean life” drawn with colored pencils by Sanford Ross Bender
“Vernal equinox” composed and performed with guitars, clarinet, and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on March 20, 2026.
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Following the precipitous coastal trail

“Following the precipitous coast trail: =” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on June 1, 2024 along the northern Maine coast past the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse.
“Following the precipitous coastal trail” composed and performed with guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on June 5, 2024.
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Island of promise

“Island of Promise” (Island passed on ferry from harbor in Stonington, Maine) photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on May 26, 2024.
“Island of Promise” composed and performed with guitar and slide by Sanford Ross Bender on May 24, 2024.
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This is just the way it goes

“This is just the way it goes” composed and performed with guitars and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on April 11, 2024.
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Diving in a Bottomless Sea

“Diving in a bottomless sea” composed and performed with dobros anbd voice by Sanford Ross Bender on August 6, 2022
“Hammerhead Shark Brigade” drawn and painted with ink and watercolor by Sanford Ross Bender on July 5, 2010.

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Down the windward way

“Down the windward way” composed, played, and recorded with guitar on one and two tracks by Sanford R. Bender on June 22, 2022.
“Shoreline from the Boardwalk” (Ocean City, New Jersey) photographed by Sanford R. Bender on June 19, 2022
“Black Skimmer” (Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Galloway, New Jersey) photographed by Sanford R. Bender on June 18, 2022
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Recovery and Relief (Sea Mountains)

“Recovery and Relief” composed, played, and recorded on solo guitar by Sanford R. Bender on May 3, 2021
“Sea Mountains” painted with acrylic paint on paper by Sanford R. Bender a while ago.

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The Sand Dollar

“The Sand Dollar” collected and photographed by Sanford Bender on June 15, 2021.
“The Sand Dollar”, a poem written on July 10, 2010, with music sung and accompanied with acoustic guitar by Sanford Bender on June 25, 2015

The Sand Dollar

Walking around the curve of beach

The light house still far to the west

Out over seemingly endless dunes

An infinite distance reminding me

Of the poet who observed that

Beyond mountains

Were more mountains,

Soon after my companion turned back

I accepted the futility of continuing

But in my turning around

Circumventing the ocean’s horizon

Looked down upon a treasure trove of shells

Glittering beneath my feet,

There in the curls of seaweed

I found a sand dollar

Smooth and round

Ten pine like needles radiating

The image of the moon

Which would soon appear

Over the darkening sea