Other Water Fronts
Just returned from a wedding in California where we visited three kinds of water, not to worry about it, or tell people what to do with it, or pontificate about it, but just to do the best things possible with it:
Just returned from a wedding in California where we visited three kinds of water, not to worry about it, or tell people what to do with it, or pontificate about it, but just to do the best things possible with it:
Preparing for catastrophe The wind took down another tree yesterday, a wild cherry from the little grove at the edge of the road. We came home to find it all cut up in firewood size lengths. Presumably by someone who needed to drive up the road. Hope nobody’s car got squished this time. As my…
Once upon a time, in a charming little Baja town called Erendira, I had a surfing lesson. My instructor was a cocky and charismatic Australian surf bum who was involved with my (too young) daughter in a Christmas break romance. I liked Adam, though I didn’t trust him as far as I could throw him….
One good thing that this lousy economy has brought me is shortened work hours. Well, good in the sense that most days this summer I’ve been able to leave the office about four and get home in time to putter in the garden or laze around on the deck before the sun went down. Our…
The Ferry Ride Just the ferry ride alone is worth the price of a ticket to Friday Harbor, even if you turn around and come right back home. We stayed though – a whole two nights – enough time to visit all our old favorite San Juan Island spots. Friday Harbor Friday Harbor was comfortably…
Christmas Day Traditions Even when family is far away, you gotta get up early Christmas morning. This year, our only wish was to catch the outgoing tide for a cruise down the river to the sea. The forecast was for sun, 75 degrees and no wind. Since we haven’t yet replaced the sails we took…
When an event starts with a safety talk there’s a good possibility that things could go sideways. Sure enough, as soon as we passengers were educated in one hand for the ship etc., Captain Evans went on to explain that getting started on our sailing afternoon was not going to be as easy as we’d…