Ink?

Daily writing promptWhat tattoo do you want and where would you put it?View all responses Heavy metal, or the memory of a voyage? The reasons I've heard for some tattoos. My family, seamen by trade, always warned me off getting one. " If you didn't like it the next morning, you're stuck with it." and, …

Tattoo or no Tattoo?

Having been a sailor, the son of a sailor, and descended from long lines of sailors on both sides of the family, I learned one thing: Tattoos are identifying marks.

the Eagle Tattoo

I come from a predominantly Merchant Marine family. On both sides of the family tree, generations of sailors precede me—seamen, marine engineers, fishermen, and more. My Uncle and I diverged a bit and went to sea as members of the Navy. But plus, thirty years as a maritime carver creating transom banners, quarter boards, eagles, …