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Cartoons - a flashback When the kids were little, the Simpsons were big in our house. The occasional use of the term embiggen was tolerated with a bit of judicious commonsense, "Well, dear, there are worse things they could pick up from the TV." Recognizing that the television would not do a fast fade from …
- a flashback Friday presentation from 3/14/2021 Duty was a post I wrote about how at this time of the year boat owners begin to get their boats ready for spring an summer sailing. You cannot duck certain duties. There comes a time, as the days lengthen and winds slowly shift to south-westerlies, that you …
A Flashback Friday Presentation from Mach 7, 2022. A definitively not friend was Arthur. Arthur's view of language was that of a prescriptive grammarian. Most of my English teachers would have failed a course taught by him. On the other hand, I embrace the vernacular in word and grammar and with gusto. While not a …
A Carved Star - is as maritime a decoration as you can get
Yes, my shop is not Instagram-ready. The basement shop where the bandsaws, table saw, planer, and such reside is OK. If you are interested in bare stone walls and equipment that everyone else has. The carving shop, where I do most of my work, is an eight-by-ten greenhouse. Part of it still serves as a …
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I wrote a series of stories a few years ago based on some of my experiences, and people I had known while living in Coastal Maine. While the intimate detrails were contrived, most was copied from real experiences. this particular story is about a boatyard cat, and the events happened pretty much as I described …
From January10, 2020 : The Captain thought it a good idea. Because the Captain thought it a good idea, my wife thought it a good idea. If I hadn't felt railroaded into it, I would have thought it a great idea. Spinney, Kora, aunt Martha and my friend Bob all chimed in, and the consensus …
Opportunity The term leftover takes a bad rap in our society. But that's because we have options to disparage valuable used materials in favor of new. With fewer options, you make other choices.While running a Folklife program for a federal agency, one of my staffers gave me a gift made by an Indonesian youth. It …
Port-Left, Starboard Right
Last year at this point the kittens Marcus and Sabrina were new to our house. The family was learning about them, and they were learning about us. A year after this post was published, lots has changed...and not much of certain things have changed. If you are owned by a cat ( or cats) you …
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