Night on Water
Night is a sort of mask we wear. Not to really disguise ourselves, but to give ourselves permission to be someone, something we aren’t during the day. Really, electric lights […]
Rafting Up
Rafting up turned out to be remarkably straightforward. We overnighted anchored with another houseboat (“Glow Lounge”) about 500’ from the initial three Dromhaven boats, and gave them a call in […]
On a Boat
Morning, after a quiet night, and I’m bracing myself for the inevitable stress, yelling, conflict and inevitable random acts of stupidity of getting all the houseboats rafted up. Ephemerisle has […]
Well, that was fun.
Apparently, the understated Edmund Hillary’s first words upon reaching camp after he and Tenzing Norgay summited Everest were “Well, George, we knocked that bastard off.” Made it sound casual, making […]
Well – that was exciting…
What’s the Fourth of July without an uncontrolled brushfire? Yeah. We were down at the beach below Lauren’s, watching others along the waterfront setting off some of the more serious […]
Island Time
A man could get used to this. Lauren and Stephen have a little 15 power telescope set up on the porch, overlooking Elger Bay, west of their perch on Camano […]
Seattle
I swear, it’s magic. Devon and I dragged Jeremy out of bed at eight this morning and piled him and a duffle of clothes into the back of the plane. […]
Not From Around Here
I hesitate when Roxanne asks me where I’m from. Around here, I get asked that a lot: grey beard, braided ponytail and red tennies – I don’t really quite fit […]
Twin Cities Recap
Oh hey – I completely forgot to post about my time back in Minneapolis/Saint Paul. No earthshaking events but a couple of lovely, quiet days catching up with old friends […]
A Word About T-Mobile Customer Service: Ahahahahahaha!
Remember that great joke T-Mobile told me last week about sending me a signal booster, so I could actually make calls from my home? Yeah. Another 45 minutes on the […]
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