See where we're at! Also, be aware that I'm starting to get into the habit of embedding links that are either relevant or make me laugh in the text, so look for your Easter Eggs. Sunrise in Long Island Sound on March 3rd. We were off the dock at Utsch's by 0900 and out into … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #11: Cape May to New York City, and… (3/1 – 3/3)
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Trip with Tripp #10: Cape Charles to Cape May (2/24 – 3/1)
See where we're at! Before we get back to the chronology proper, I'll catch up on Tripp's video blogs. The wifi opportunities are sometimes not there to upload 'dem big' files. https://videopress.com/v/zcy7lcAg?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Back in the Alligator River - Pungo River Canal on the 22nd. https://videopress.com/v/kkyxEjzP?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Sailing on the 22nd. And while we're recapping from the … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #10: Cape Charles to Cape May (2/24 – 3/1)
Trip with Tripp #9 THE REWIND: Back to Elizabeth City, the Dismal Swamp Canal, Getting to Cape Charles (2/21 – 2/23)
See where we're at! Sunset from the Morehead City dock on 2/20. So we hit the seas from Morehead City around 0900, after the guys docked next to us almost gassed us out with their diesel engine at 0700. Carbon monoxide is a hell of a drug. Tripp, though initially a little squirrelly about having … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #9 THE REWIND: Back to Elizabeth City, the Dismal Swamp Canal, Getting to Cape Charles (2/21 – 2/23)
Trip with Tripp #7: Anchored on the Pasquotank and Elizabeth City (2/11 – 2/14)
(This update will be photo-light for now, wifi at our pitstop is lax.) See where we're at! Spending the 11th at anchor off Goat Island on the Pasquotank was a good bit of rest that also forced us to use more of our provisions. Tripp's project was peanut butter cookies and mine was chili. Observing … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #7: Anchored on the Pasquotank and Elizabeth City (2/11 – 2/14)
Trip with Tripp #5: Norfolk, VA (2/7 – 2/10)
See where we're at! The Waterside Marina, home for a few days in Norfolk. So! It's 9:15 am on February 7th. Tripp has woken me up, still amused about the ejection of our French Press into the briny deep, to see cormorants, seagulls, pelicans and other sea birds swirling in the sky and populating the … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #5: Norfolk, VA (2/7 – 2/10)
Trip with Tripp #4: Cape May, NJ to Norfolk, VA (2/6 – 2/7)
See where we're at! An excerpt from my written journal: February 6th, 4:00 PM ... and then the clouds over a shoreline silhouetted with trees against a golden horizon, struck through with lances of sunbeams, show that nature is indeed still capable of reaching me with its beauty. There was a new observation for me … Continue reading Trip with Tripp #4: Cape May, NJ to Norfolk, VA (2/6 – 2/7)
Pictures Driving Home (NH, VT)
Taken last Friday. The Old Man in the Mountain Historic Site, Littleton, and the top of the Big Fill coming from Jay to Richford on 105.
171. The Cajun Chicken Sandwich
Dedicated to Anna D's in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Written after lunch and left on the table on a piece of paper thoughtfully provided by Maya.
164. Saplings
This last summer, as a galley hand aboard the Victory Chimes (a bittersweet experience, being the vessel's likely last time ever as a windjammer), I had the wonderful experience of being able to share my poetry, to read it aloud and to explain its themes and personal meanings, in ways that had never presented themselves … Continue reading 164. Saplings
Pyrography: Cigar Box for Alice
Favorite insets from the first cigar box given as a gift to a friend, as a Christmas present. The Silverstein poem was a nice find about the fading world of childhood imagination, especially since I was going with an "Alice" motif here (along with the Cheshire Cat, there's the Jefferson Airplane song on another inset). … Continue reading Pyrography: Cigar Box for Alice
Hermit Thrush 