Former petty office first class John O'Toole loved to get in little digs at me. He remembered when I was " not the sharpest tool in the kit." In short, he remembered when I was an addled brain sailor whose sea locker and sea bag always needed a good tossing and cleanup before inspections.
Not All Teachers Are Human
Not all teachers are human
A Repeat?
Even I can't endlessly come up with twisted variations on a theme. I mean, Holy Moley, WordPress, this is an emergency!
breaking up is hard to do
It's true, make-up sex is incredible.
Mastery
I am not advocating for everyone to follow a buttoned-down route to art or craft. Breaking the rules is an invigorating thing that can lead to valuable creative moments. Too rigid adherence to the rules can lead to boring work. No, you need to find an in-between, a balancing point.
Hell Ride
Smuggler's Notch in Vermont was a unique experience. I was a coastal boy, brought up within the sight and odors of river, bay, and ocean.
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.
Reliability
Instincts are wonderful things, but you have to let them know who the boss is.
GO in snow
Daily writing promptWhat book are you reading right now?View all responses Normally I am deeply buried in a sci-fi pot boiler, a book on history ( Mary Beard is a favorite) or books on gardening or woodcarving. But the prompt finds me reading a product manual. It's the manual for a GO power snow shovel. …
The Devil
You'd be hard-pressed to find any family of seafarers, fisherfolk, or plain coastal types without some horror tale on the water. It just goes with the territory; salt water envelopes most of the world and is dangerous.Â

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