Have you read the story of the invention of the wet suit? If not, get your hands on the a copy of the Jack O’Neill biography by our own Drew Kampion.
According to Whidbey rumor It’s Always Summer on the Inside, has become hard to get. I found some collectors copies available on Amazon.
Ah, the piercing call of the string trimmer, a sure sign of spring. I’ve never embraced weed whacking. The smell of the gas engine, the weight on my shoulder … I finish the job sick and stiff necked. Plus I don’t like the way I think when I weed whack. Something about the vibration or…
Weird Shoes Those strange shoes pictured above look like a cross between rock climbing shoes and water socks. They’re my new Merrell Pace Glove barefoot running shoes. They took me to the Vancouver waterfront where I found a lovely Holland America cruise ship, the Zuiderdam, to pose them with for a nice Tidal Life tie…
How many Northwesterners would like to be doing this right now? Raise your mittens! Photo of boys playing in Maui surf by Mari Hotchkiss.
Anxious to get to Boston and our new life aboard our boat, I keep waiting for this selling stuff phase to be over and for the adventure to begin. But when I stop and think about all that’s happened since we decided to make this move, I realize that the adventure is in full swing….
I’m not sure how I first stumbled on The Survival Doctor. It wasn’t via StumbleUpon because I never go there. I’m not a prepper, (the new term for survivalist) searching for how to stop the government from taking away my guns. Though Survival Doc does have a few handy posts about how to treat gunshot…
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…