SURIVING BRIDGES IN A VERY SMALL BOAT Gwaihir, our 16-foot Soling was a doughty sloop. Built of fiberglass, aluminum and a bit of teak for deck, rails and hatch, she lived in my basement through the off-season. I lovingly painted… Read More ›
Atlantic Ocean
REPELLING THE BRIDGE – Marilyn Armstrong
SURVIVING JONES INLET IN A VERY SMALL SAILBOAT Gwaihir, my 16-foot Soling was a doughty sloop. Built of fiberglass, aluminum and a bit of teak for deck, rails, and hatch, she lived in my basement through the off-season. I lovingly… Read More ›
MAY WATER EVER FLOW – Marilyn Armstrong
WATER EVERYWHERE There’s a lot of wetness when you live in a water shed. It flows over rocks and down the dams. It runs into little rivulets and bigger streams and sometimes, into the old canal. We have some lakes,… Read More ›
PREPARE TO REPEL BRIDGE
SURVIVAL IN A VERY SMALL SAILBOAT Gwaihir, my 16-foot Soling was a doughty sloop. Built of fiberglass, aluminum and a bit of teak for deck, rails and hatch, she lived in my basement through the off-season. I lovingly painted her… Read More ›
A LITTTLE SAILBOAT IN THE BIG OCEAN
Gwaihir, my 16-foot Soling was a doughty sloop. Built of fiberglass, aluminum and a bit of teak for deck, rails and hatch, she lived in my basement through the off-season. I lovingly painted her hull and lavished layers of varnish… Read More ›
FOR THE PROMPTLESS – LAPSUS LINGUAE AND BIG MISTER MALAPROP
Once upon a time when me and the whole world were a good deal younger, my father had a business partner. I don’t remember his name, but he was a big, bluff Russian who used to come over the house,… Read More ›
Weekly Photo Challenge: Gloucester on Cape Ann
The legendary whaling port that produced the toughest sailors on earth … not the huge fleet it once was, but still alive in the 21st century. Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (windagainstcurrent.com)… Read More ›
Weekly Photo Challenge: The Cold, Grey North Atlantic
The sky is rosy with the coming sunrise. The air is full of the smell of salt. Sand crunches under your sandals. Listen to the call of seagulls and the whoosh of the waves breaking against the shore. Flights of… Read More ›
Weekly Photo Challenge: Rockport Harbor, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
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House In The River
This is where the Ogunquit River joins the sea. The sea is just out of view, because from here the river drops abruptly downward and in less than a quarter of a mile, is part of the marsh, then the… Read More ›