Beware, Oh, Take Care!

I advocate paying less attention to DNA and more to the dastardly deeds of our ancestors.

Round About…the prompt

Now, listen up! This is no shit! All my stories are true...But I have this fond affection for sea stories.

On The Coast

Nights out with my honey are not too frequent. They require forethought, careful planning, and strategy. She is a night shift nurse, and balancing work commitments, time to sleep, and together time can be a dance. Last Sunday was the annual holiday concert of a great chorus we admire. We are usually gifted tickets to …

BPOE

Small nuggets of fact often are below mountains of folklore.

Pizza

My friends have never had children. They had only heard stories of how adolescents can consume vast amounts and then fill up with more.

Man of Mystery

The boundaries of time have been broken. And a scruffy old soul has wandered our way along with the early snowflakes.

Sweet Home

It was to Boston and Coastal Maine that I returned from expeditions elsewhere. Eventually, I found myself telling people when I was leaving that I was going home. Then I case my guitar, pack my pack, and hit the road heading back to Boston, Portland, or some similar location. Eventually, I just stayed,

Chopping Out

If there is one time in carving when you think about it as a big mess, this is it. I call it chopping out.

Decline & Fall – Ships Carving

A Golden Age The gilt-edged age for the ship carver had to have been the 17th and 18th centuries. The figureheads were the least of it. There were gilded coats of arms, allegorical figures, swags, and elaborately carved moldings everywhere.Set sail, wind up in a storm, get into a dust-up with the Dread Pirate Roberts …