Today is the day. Once a year I enjoy the rush of time travel. That glorious leap one hour into the future. The opportunity to skip an hour of the craziness that seems to be enveloping us. If only we…
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Yesterday I was asked to crew on a boat that was going to the yard to be lifted. In order protect the identities of all involved I will change the names. The boat, let’s call it ‘Small Fur Bearing Animal’…
The title of a book or the name of an event is designed to catch your interest, plant a seed, or downright hook you into opening the book or taking a look… Most mornings we walk about 3 miles. Our…
Is there something wrong when you wake up with a song in your head? The little voice is actually singing to you. Perhaps my lips were moving; it was dark. The little voice struggled with some of the lyrics, but…
We are now nearly settled at Fishermen’s Village Marina. The weather is typical for Florida in January; it is cool and cranky. There was a tornado in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, and there is potential for twisters again tomorrow. As…
We launched on Friday, the 5th of January, just before lunch. The tide was about 0.8 of a foot and might have worked for Fracas. The wind, however, was from the north and would have cancelled the tide out. We…
My recollection is that I got my first car when I was 14 or 15 years old. My dad actually gave me a car. Note that I said he gave, not bought, a car. I was happy regardless; I had…
Just like little babies, everyone looks at your Christmas tree and gushes over it. Even the ugly, scraggly, deformed, spindly, and deformed ones. I’m not talking about artificial trees; they are ugly in their own way. Today I will venture…
Lately, when I pick up my camera, it feels foreign in my hands. This happens every once in a while. I can’t even take bad pictures when this photographic fugue state envelopes me. It’s not that I’m the world’s greatest…
I have a few minutes this morning, and I thought I would attempt to blog. Since we are down to single-digit sleeps before Christmas, a Christmas theme seemed appropriate. So here goes. Yesterday, I locked the keys in my car.…