Other Water Fronts

ByNancy September 3, 2009January 25, 2019

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:

Play!

Tom and the boys at Baker Beach in San Francisco

Have a party!

Tom built this pond for his cousin/best friend whose wedding we were all in the Bay Area to celebrate.

Be awestruck.

Heading toward Point Reyes on the way home.

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Feeling a little vulnerable

ByNancy March 17, 2010February 1, 2019

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…

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A little water can change everything

ByNancy November 20, 2010January 31, 2019

While in Pureto Vallarta for a soccer tournament this past week, I repeatedly enjoyed sitting in the traffic jam that can result from extreme stormwater flooding. Rains took out the northbound span of the Ameca River bridge back in September, when, in the equivalent of a 100 year storm, the area received a month’s worth…

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San Juan Island Mini Vac – Part One

ByNancy May 28, 2010February 1, 2019

San Juan County Park We’re staying home for Memorial Day, so we took off last weekend instead, for a short break on San Juan Island. This is where we stayed. Except – here’s how it looks now. Curious as to what happened to that beautiful house? Hollywood happened. The house in the picture above was…

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Nor’Easters, Machinists and Pilgrims, Oh My

ByNancy November 19, 2012October 1, 2015

Chasing storms, legends and sailboat parts on the New England coast.

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Surfing Lessons – Mexico vs Hawaii

ByNancy June 27, 2011January 30, 2019

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….

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Memorial Day weekend

ByNancy May 23, 2009January 25, 2019

I’ve sailed away from Puget Sound for a holiday in Portland, Oregon. Though the water here is river rather than salt, Portlanders (Porlandians? Portlandites?) are very connected to their waterfronts. The Willamette, which runs through downtown is a big activity center both on land and on the water. The Columbia, a major shipping waterway is…

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