I have had the best birthday week, and I’m going to ignore any pesky ideas that birthdays are supposed to be single day events. The birthday-eve celebration was hosted by[…]
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My First Post
On the new and wonderful site! Doesn’t look different to you? Well, that’s cause it’s not, much. I’ve been itching to update our version of WordPress, but our host didn’t[…]
Read moreSmog – Lyrics for Drunk on the Stars
I wasn’t made for this You tell yourself As you button up your coat Head down to the harbor And standing on the dock You’re drunk on the stars and[…]
Read moreFor the Love of Spanish Cedar
One of the best things about a boat our size is this: everything we do is a dramatic improvement. We’ve worked pretty hard on this lovely creature, and she keeps[…]
Read moreRefinishing the Hard Dodger, Part 1
At the same time I was working on the plumbing, James and I have been fixing up our aftermarket hard dodger. It’s a really nice feature on this boat, keeping[…]
Read morePlumbing Systems, Part 1
We needed to CHANGE EVERYTHING! I usually hate projects that start like that because, sooner or later, we decide to keep part of the old system after all. And that’s[…]
Read moreAn Evening at the Theatre
We went last night to a play! At the Everyman Theatre on North Charles, we saw “Shipwrecked! An Entertainment. The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As Told By Himself)”. […]
Read moreLast time it was a knock-down, this time it’s a drag-out…
Now all we need is a fight! It all started out as a regular, run-of-the-beautiful-mill sailing trip. No really. James has been doing the commute between Essex and Edgewater for[…]
Read moreLeaps and Bounds
First of all, it’s hot. Crazy hot. And it’s been hot for a long time and it’s not even August so it’ll continue to be hot for a long time[…]
Read moreWriting in order to ask questions
I’m reading philosophy. Not something I’ve done a whole lot of since school, mostly because I’ve always found it more interesting and urgent when framed in a story. For example,[…]
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