Over a month ago we tossed off the mooring in Salem and headed for Beverly. Not much of an adventure to be sure but we absolutely made the best of[…]
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Category: Life Under Sail
Because sometimes this happens…
I used to pretend to love listening to those “Salty ‘Ol Captains Courageous” at West Marine drone on and on about the strange and impossible mishaps that occur on boats.[…]
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The summer prodj
I was so jealous of Dena last fall in Boston. While I was rediscovering how truly shitty the marina industry can be Dena was kill’n-it on the new color scheme.[…]
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Loosening Ties
Colloquial 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[…]
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The Descension of Events
We’re back on a hook, not THE Hook, mind you, but a hook. A hook I might add, I do not trust. I didn’t build this mushroom anchoring system and[…]
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My craft, my trade, a story…
I started shooting pictures at my sisters first wedding in 1978, I was 14 years old. She and her slightly shocked soon to be husband “hired” me to take pictures[…]
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I Believe…
I have come to believe the marina industry is a blight on our planet. Another perfect example of run-a-muck capitalism driven by the falsehood of ownership. These so called, Marina[…]
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Realizing Color
James’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[…]
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…on the Prodj
It’s the only work worth doing! When I (James) posed that hypothesis to a woman on the docks in East Hampton, New York, she laughed at me and replied, “Motherhood[…]
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…like falling
I (James) didn’t just trip and stumble into being a marine industry specialist. I live here, this environment is my home and I know it and its related industries better[…]
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