Authentic Nautical Accessories, and Custom Furnishings
Just out of Boot Camp and knowing almost nothing about how the Navy worked, I sat by as sailors and petty officers senior to me decided how to explain their idleness on a log sheet. My impression of the workday was that it had been full of BS, coffee, and some very random work. It …
Some of us are on a safari, sampling life as we move from place to place or experience to experience. Others seem tied to one locale by an invisible byssus that holds them to one environment.
I was the chief cook & bottle washer. Or, in Naval parlance, Mess cook. Indeed not the chef. Culinary expertise was not called upon aboard the Psyche to serve the Cap'n.
Most people won't publicly acknowledge their little "luck-enhancing" tokens or behaviors. But most of us have them.
Griping about things is part of being a sailor. I discovered this from my father, a Merchant Marine engineer, and had it confirmed while in the Navy. Griping as an art form was re-affirmed to me while working in the marine trades as a carver and catch as can boatyard worker.
"luck is what you stumble upon in life. Providence is what God plans for you, and planning is how you thread your way between the two without getting crushed."
Crafters and artists are constantly in motion learning new skills, altering perspectives, and looking for the next project that excites them.
We were at a tavern in the Seaport district in New York. I had just won a bet on recognizing a carver's work based on their tool cuts. It was an easy win; the carvings I had identified were by a carver whose work I was familiar with.
I've had some doozies of lucid dreams in my time. But, about six months ago, I had the most extreme case.
Woodcarvers sometimes get strange requests. But they are usually the sentimental type of thing, specialty designs of various sorts. Well, I know one carver who has a kind of specialty in erotic sorts of things, but this story is not about her designs. I tried to break into the occult carving market by doing runes sets for people telling fortunes, only to be priced out by Chinese mass-produced junk. However, the shop owner in Salem did save my card and referred to me unique clients with special needs.
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