All my possessions are being sorted into two piles:  "Keep" and "Giveaway".  There is a transient pile that appears and disappears for each new room, which we shall call "Think about".  As soon as the "Think about" pile is completed, it gets split into the other two piles ( Read more... )

 
I had a dream about Jo last night.

She lived by the sea, in a small cottage. There was a bronze statue standing out on a headland of some brave fisherman who had been lost at sea. Might have represented an actual person, or just been the Ideal of the brave-fisherman-lost-at-sea. I don't know. Anyway, an hour before dawn, every day, she would sneak ( Read more... )

I haven't posted to LiveJournal for a long time.  I got bored with it, because it was difficult to post photos, and my friends didn't post.  Now, I have found some new friends who are posting some really cool stuff, so perhaps I should pick it up again ( Read more... )

I just accepted a position as purser on the Hawaiian Chieftain from May 29th to November 29th.  That takes me from Portland, up to Victoria for the Tall Ships Challenge, and then south to Sacramento.  I am a tall ship sailor.

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I just experienced my first ocean transit on Thursday and Friday, when we left Ilwaco WA, at the mouth of the Columbia River, and travelled by sail only to Westport. This trip took 24 hours, and we didn't use the motors for anything except leaving the marina at Ilwaco and entering the one at Westport. We left at 6PM. We stood four hour watches ( Read more... )

On their way up river to Portland, the Lady and the Chieftain had a trading fair with the Chinook Tribe that lives at the mouth of the Columbia River. So, on the way back out, we were invited to attend the Chinook's annual First Salmon Ceremony, in which they thank Salmon for giving their lives to feed the Two-legged People. We were invited, and ( Read more... )

Greetings, my many good friends and family ( Read more... )