My last stint doing bottom paint, wooding old varnish, was almost exactly twenty years prior.
Healing
Remembering
The healthy growth of forests was a later phenomenon, he told me. When he was young, there were few trees; wood got cut for heat.
Clipper
The Cap'n might have had an almost divine sense for what would work for his boat.
REO
Spinney, a dedicated deacon in his church, took the old testament injunction to heart: “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.”
Light Air
Sultry is not the usual term used for days on the coast. The realtors, tourist industry, and boat brokers want you to think about cooling breezes, glorious summer sunsets on the beach, and romantic dinners at outside venues.
The Pier
It had been a stylish "Little Black Thing" before the total immersion experience.
Zephyr
Nobody likes an unresolved mystery, and Spinney always held his cards close to his chest.
Mason Jars
Dig carefully; there should be a row of sealed Mason jars about a foot down."
The Dumps
Who can forget driving to the dump covered in a carpet of dirty white gulls and watching the waves of birds parting magically before your car?
The Author Steps Out
Over the past four months, I returned to the 1960s and '70s for some good and not so great memories. I've always tried to keep within limits of what could have happened when I took a frolicking detour from what occurred. I cleaned things up.
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