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The View From Here: September 2014

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The View From Here. Monday, September 29, 2014. It's time for honest talk. There is an old story about a writer who goes to his teacher and says, “Teacher all the stories have already been told. There is no need for me to write. Everything that needs to be said has already been written.”. On Monday, August 11. I was sitting by the creek with my coffee cup at 9:00 am It was my day off and my bones were warmed through and through with all the blue sky morning sunshine of that day. It’s been nearly th...

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The View From Here: Here's to the journey

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The View From Here. Monday, June 22, 2015. Here's to the journey. Well, folks, I can sail. Yes I can. I raised my own mainsail and my own working jib and, as forecasted, headed out for my very first sail on my own sailboat June 16. It was a defining moment in my life. Granted I did have a consummate sailor friend on board who ensured my success by being there with good advice, but it was I, I Captain, who sailed the vessel. No word of a lie, the bracelet let go at noon on June 16. No date in history coul...

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The View From Here: On fear and second thoughts

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The View From Here. Monday, June 1, 2015. On fear and second thoughts. My sail boat still remains in my yard on a trailer, far from the wind and waves. The grass growing underneath the boat trailer, that I cannot reach with the lawnmower, grows tall and thick. I now lament each day that I watch it grow unfettered because it defines the one more day—and one more day again—that I am not on the water. That’s the worst thing about fear. It grows like a fungus and covers up all the good stuff. I...Before I st...

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The View From Here: A boat name to sail on

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The View From Here. Monday, May 18, 2015. A boat name to sail on. Since the moment I made the decision to buy my sailboat, I have dwelt a lot on what defines me as I sought out a name for it. I’ve brainstormed names, picked one, then another, and second-guessed them all. It’s nearly been a daily think tank for three and half months. However, I’ve made a final choice. Quite simply the best name ever. I am defined by all of it, but “Little Miss” isn’t the name I chose for my boat. But “Canadian Skye&...

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The View From Here: July 2015

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The View From Here. Monday, July 13, 2015. Life is an old family recipe. First of all, I wish I could say I invented the title of this column, but I did not. I opened the cover of the August edition of “O, The Oprah Magazine” and there it was in an “IKEA” ad. Sometimes my themes cook up that way, like instant potatoes, they grow into something really good from nothing more than flakes. Who knew one could have a touch of posttraumatic stress disorder after a rag doll affair in a sailboat. Yup uh huh.

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The View From Here: Time out for other stuff in life

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The View From Here. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Time out for other stuff in life. Time out for other things in life. There’s a downside to throwing all of myself for months into a passionate hobby like sailing. Nothing else around here gets done. The grass grew eight inches, dust settled in thick layers on windowsills and end tables and reminded me of what an abandoned house must look like. While my sailboat is a shiny new penny the other three quarters of my life has toppled into the red flag district of n...

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The View From Here: March 2015

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The View From Here. Monday, March 30, 2015. My purse tells a story of its own. Do you remember what was in your grandmother’s purse? My Grandma’s purse smelled like “Juicy Fruit” gum and there always was at least a stick or two in there for the little kid I was at the time. I don’t chew the stuff today but if I catch the scent of Juicy Fruit wafting by it takes me way, way back. By comparison, my purse smells like the old moldy apple I found in the bottomless pit of the thing. However much to my chagrin ...

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The View From Here: December 2014

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The View From Here. Monday, December 29, 2014. Young at heart key in 2015. It never crossed my mind how much I would treasure peace and quiet until I looked across the room just now and realized the kitten was fast asleep. Asleep instead of tearing around the house strafing curtains and racing up the back of my reading chair only to launch itself into the bookcase. The kitten then “cat”-apulted into the bag after it’s toy, exploding all manner of red and green bows everywhere. I admit a small twinge of p...

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The View From Here: October 2014

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The View From Here. Monday, October 27, 2014. Another squirrel story for the books. When my dad found a smashed tomato in the bottom of his fishing boat I knew my latest war with the red squirrel would go public. I was helping Dad winterize the boat and everything was just fine until he held up that oozing remnant of tomato and said, “How did this get in here? I swallowed hard and did a fast analysis of what fib I could reply with. I don’t know. I dropped it while delivering tomatoes by boat to a neighbor.