I worked this last 14 months. It wasn’t mostly fixing flat tires, but there was rather a lot of that. This very last flat of my North Shore commute was[…]
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I worked this last 14 months. It wasn’t mostly fixing flat tires, but there was rather a lot of that. This very last flat of my North Shore commute was[…]
Read moreI’m so glad that James took care of the Beverly Port story. I was still wrapped up in getting our money back from them (first she said no refund, then[…]
Read moreColloquial sayings stick around because they strike a chord, but the best of them work in multiple situations with multiple meanings. “Don’t shit where you eat” is a saying that’s[…]
Read moreJames’s artistry has taught me (Dena, of course) so much about apprehending the beauty around me. He shows me the world through his photos, which also trains my eye to[…]
Read moreWe spent just enough time in Bath to get the duties done (like buying coffee…not okay to run out) before taking off for the wilds of Maine. It’s not that[…]
Read moreS/V S.N. Cetacea used to have a pretty severe steering problem. The Monitor windvane, a self-steering system that uses wind angles and water pressure to turn the wheel and keep[…]
Read moreThe sail from Holaga Snood off Kent Point to Solomons Island took, well, all day. We were heading downwind and couldn’t quite make straight for it because Cetacea doesn’t have[…]
Read moreI (Dena) woke at four in the morning and spent an hour and a half pondering dread. It’s not an emotion I spend a lot of time with, but I’ve[…]
Read moreWe got this Seth Thomas striking watch-clock at Captain Jim’s Marine Salvage in Portland, Maine last year when we first made landfall there as a boat-warming present to ourselves. It[…]
Read moreHands are sensory organs, and the difference to the hand between old and new lines is emotional, encouraging, adventurous. A soft handful of control, thick enough to grip and pull,[…]
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