A Trampoline and Sprinkler Beat the Heat in Valier Montana


Far from family on our first Christmas Eve aboard, I felt unanchored and wanted to take part in some bit of tradition. But of course we needed to complete a project on the boat. We had all the parts except one and decided to use our West Marine reward certificates to pay for it, so…
* Hint: it’s not the African elephant Reading an article by Jason Epstein about the kerfuffle going on in the publishing industry I stumbled over this phrase: “… for we are a troublesome species with a long history of self-destruction.” Now there’s a good point to keep in mind no matter what you’re working on,…
Fill Your Water Tank with Good Tasting Water It’s always a good idea to start with the best ingredients you can. But what good is it to buy high quality pasta, rice or coffee if you’re going to fix them using water that tastes of chlorine, minerals or algae?
The day after Christmas, Atlantic City taunted us. The peak of a slant-roofed tower rose out of the sea soon after we left Manasquan. It continued to grow all day and was joined by other, smaller towers, but for hours they remained Atlantis-like, half-sunk in the ocean. It seemed they would never draw closer, we…
Quick! Get as much Vitamin D as you can while the sunshine lasts! That seems to be the driving need for everyone on Whidbey this week. Including me. I’ve headed for a beach every chance I got. This seagull at the Coupeville Pier posed for the longest time with a big clam in his beak….
I received the following email from The Seagrass Forum about the Blue Climate initiative: Dear Colleagues (seagrass forum), Please sign-on to our Marine Science / Conservation & Climate Change Letters. The purpose of these letters, addressed to President Obama and the U.S. Senate, is to advance tropical marine conservation as part of the solution to…
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Beautiful pic! I miss my children already :) cant wait to see and play with them :)