Here's my advice: bend, twist, spindle, and mutilate.
Tying Knots In The Devil’s Tail
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My mentors were just that, mentors. Several couldn't afford the expense that having an actual apprentice would cost; others were not interested. But then by the 1960s, the old apprenticeship programs in crafts like carving were gone.
Telephone
The mailbox is full. Please call again. Goodbye."
Gentrified
It's nice to be remembered.
Carefully
Careful is not a word in the official governmental vocabulary. Procedural is.
Shadow
No matter what I did, something was wrong with the grapevine I was carving. My mentor Warburton took one look and snickered. I decided that as a sign that it was terrible, quite terrible.
Transit
We'd remember this night and laugh about it years from now. Yeah, Right.
RITUAL
That's right, the booze-filled evenings with crazy dance tapes. Dancing till four AM, even if it was sometimes with enemies, was normal. Tomorrow in the colloquium was tomorrow. Tonight we danced our unity as a tribe.
Short-Timer
There was a tradition when I was in the Navy of the "Short-Timers Rope." The rope, or sometimes chain, had as many knots ( or links) as remained in the sailor's enlistment. At the end of each day, a knot, or link, was cut off. I saw this happen at meals.
National Maritime Day – May 22, 2020
National Maritime Day - May 22, 2020
