You get a sort of meager slumber. Night-Ops rumbling above, General Quarters can sound any time; and up you'd rise to your assigned station.
But
Let's see hitching rides in the rain with a hole in the sole of one shoe; squish squish to Boston. Owning one blanket, and the girlfriend who is staying over turns out to be a blanket hog; so romantic.
Boil!
Hidden in every February is the coming spring.
Stealin’, Stealin’
I was obsessed with themes in my earlier life, well I guess I am still.
Reads for a Winter’s Evening
Every winter, I look for entertaining and educational reads to fill the evening; I lost the TV habit many years ago.
The Movement
Friends had indicated with the twirling finger by the temple that Joey was nuts. In that decade known for the outre, Joey was a further outlier.
The Good Boat
The little sloop Pussytoes was to get rechristened. Around the boatyard, we snickered. Who'd want to sail the on the Pussytoes?
Work Smart
If you buy too many woodworking magazines, you may develop shop and tool envy.
Robinhood’s Barn
To get somewhere by "going 'round Robinhood's Barn" was a favorite saying of the Cap'n and his family.
The Rev
One night I borrowed his custom-made Guild guitar for a gig. Of course, I forgot to ask.