There was a mutual, audible gulp between us when we saw that future storm bearing down on us from all our media sources. It sucked! Some said 50 knot gusts[…]
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Category: James’ Blog
Starting Fires
Starting a fire is the very essence of human technology. If you’ve ever built a fire, you know — it’s an awesome achievement! It’s the fundamental step in the manipulation[…]
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Seth Thomas – It Works!
We 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[…]
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Home
Sometimes our world changes so fast! We left India when Wuhan was a whisper, we left Sallisaw as the coronavirus was an interesting topic and we returned to Covid-19. Oklahoma[…]
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Birthdays
When I was in my 30’s I figured that when I made it past my fifth decade I would give up on celebrating the day of my birth. I was[…]
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This road is not the Sea
…And this stupid infernal combustion plastic destroyer can’t possibly be a sailboat, but, wow, this country is freaking huge! Drivetime is the place you go in your head when the[…]
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Spies on Bikes
This is our last day in India in 2020 and what a wild ride it’s been. Our friend Prakash came to visit us this past weekend to say goodbye and[…]
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All the stories in India
Telling stories is a lot harder than I (James) ever thought it would be. I mean, you do something, you live through it, you think about the event, you relate[…]
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From the rooftops
Falling into winter and digging in I (James) discovered a wonderful thing about working in Portland’s skyline firebrand… The view! So whilst performing the duties asked of me by the[…]
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3,495 days later
We bought (and moved aboard) Nomad on February 9, 2009. We bought (and moved aboard) Cetacea on September 5, 2018…three thousand four hundred and ninety five days later. Watching Nomad[…]
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