SPARRING WITH MOTHER NATURE

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PRECIOUS COMMODITIES
Essential, interesting and surprisingly lovely. I've learned a lot.
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THE BEST LAID PLANS
They go awry. They change. We adjust. It takes empathy, flexibility, grit and laughter.
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THIS WEEK WE SPAR WITH HUMAN NATURE
I Have Begun to Swear Like a Sailor. I'm trying not to let them but the assholes are getting me down!
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August 2024

APPRECIATION
Show Yours. The Watermen Traditions Remain Entrenched, even With The Passage of Time.
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HOW CAN YOU NOT WANT TO JUMP IN?
Restraining myself was no easy lesson. There is something about Sea Turtles, and my first encounter with a Leatherback is forever imprinted on my brain.
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SOME THINGS ARE WORTH SAVING
The Most Impactful Words I Heard This Week Came From a Stranger. I'm So Glad He Said Them.
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THE WOODEN BOAT PHENOMENON
They Have Souls. They Keep Secrets.
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July 2024

I’LL QUIT WHEN I’M EIGHTY. THAT’LL BE ENOUGH.
The fifth in my Series: The Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay. I'm willing to bet that when Jackie Thompson turns eighty and the crabbing season begins, he…
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A LIFE OF ROUTINES, BUT NOT A ROUTINE LIFE
Fourth in a Series, the Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay. My sailing Yacht STEADFAST is honored to be docked among these hard working people.
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"A GOOD MAN" IS THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT I GIVE
And yes, you can find them here. Third in a series on the Watermen of Chesapeake Bay.
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THE WINDS OF FATE
Does it matter where we would have been? Life brought us to the East Coast instead of into the path of Hurricane Beryl. What determines what we do?
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June 2024

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